When Two Stars Meet

Chapter -8. A Shocker

After talking to Kavy, Advit went to his room. He was laying on the bed. And thinking about the Shreya and her problems and anxiety. He was thinking about the Doctor Sahab and then Rakshit. Then Jojo and Manik Rao. Sometimes he wants to meet Jojo or Rao to ask all the things. As things were getting really confusing and frustrating for him. He was thinking about it and drifted into sleep.

Next Morning...........
Advit gets a call......

Malik : Sir, Government Of India ka ek project aaya hai. Jiske lie humne tender dala tha. Waha per ek gadbad hogai hai. Sir, same tender, Ramya Finances ne dala hai but sirf ₹1 kam se jeet gae . Bidding aur procedure of work dono hi same hai. Aur yaha tak ki hamare designs bhi copy kie hai.

Advit : ( being calm) Me raaste me hu thodi der me baat karte hai.

Call ends..........

In the office..........
Everyone was panicking and was talking about the loss just happened. An immediate meeting was placed.

Mr. Saxena : Mr. Raizada, it's first time that things like these are happening to us. It's all because of the projects that we were getting back to back.

Advit : Sir, did things like these happened before?

Mr. Saxena : Not actually, but yes, Company me ek new joinee aaya tha joki company ke design ko copy karne ke lie aaya tha. He almost worked for 2 months. Wo jo design tha wo ek minister ke ghar ka blueprint tha. But wo kaam opposition ka tha. Lekin baad me sab kuch solve hogya tha.

Advit : Wo konsi company ka tha?

Mr. Saxena : 'FUTURE DESIGN'.

Advit : Are there any employees from 'FUTURE DESIGN' in our company?

Shreya, Riya, Khan, Rai, Singh raised their hands.
Advit : You all are former employees of that companies.
All nodded.

Mr. Saxena : But, none of them were from this Banglore branch . Shreya is from Chandigarh, khan is from UP, Rai is from Assam, Singh is from Rajasthan. And only Riya is from Banglore branch.

Riya : Sir, but i left the company 3 years ago.

Mr. Saxena : Riya, beta. We are not accusing you. We are just asking you.
Riya suddenly started crying.

Riya : Shreya.........

Shreya : Kya hua??

Riya : Sir, my father needs immediate surgery. And FD ( Future design) ke FM ( Finance Manager) ne mujhe call kia tha. They asked me about the project. Earlier I declined but my father's condition started deteriorating And I handed over the details.

Everyone was looking at Riya with suspicious eyes. Shreya was calm. She took a second.

Shreya : No, sir. She is lying. It's me who stole the project and send to our opponents. How can an HR have the whereabouts of the projects? They are not easily available.

Riya : I used your I'd and passwords.

Shreya (immediately spoke) : But every time you use the code your password gets changed and a new password is sent to all. It's not easy to get the password.

Mr. Saxena : Yes, Shreya is absolutely right.We might be a small firm but still we have security.

Suddenly, a person entered in. meeting room. Everyone become silent. Arpit entered the room.

Arpit : Sorry, sir ,we lost the project.
He was sounding sad and hopeless.
Mr. Saxena suddenly became cautious.

Mr. Saxena : Arpit,last week where were you?
Arpit : sir,I took off.