ZAFIRA

Chapter Eight

The following day, Zafira planned to find out why Zubayr got so aggressive on hearing the computer. He had gone out for a while. After so much persuasion Aliya decided to look for the computer. Zubayr hid it as though he had something very important in it. Little did they know he was actually running away from it.

"Found it!"
Aliya exclaimed.

"Great! Let me have a look."
Zafira said.

"Zafee, I don't want to get in trouble with him today."
Aliya said anxiously.

"I can handle it. Why would he get angry because you saw his other computer? It's just a computer!"
Zafira exclaimed.

"You never cease to amaze me. One minute you're my cheerful bestie and the next it's feisty and tenacious Zafira."
Aliya said sighingly.

"Well someone has got to put an end to this and I wouldn't mind being that person.'
Zafira returned.

She turned on the computer. Since she was already used to operating different computers, his was a walk over. She looked through the files and documents and found that they were all related to his work. As she scanned further she saw a file named Masterpiece. She wanted to see what the masterpiece looked like. When she clicked it open, it was blank.

"Why would he name it that if it wasn't important?"
Zafira said to herself with a scowl.

Since her field of study revolved around computers, she had a vast knowledge of softwares, programs and the internet, so she decided to go deep. As she began to click different icons and sub icons, she found that the antivirus software had long expired. She quickly turned on the WiFi to update it. On updating it, she decided to scan the computer. To her greatest surprise it detected a virus.

"A trojan horse?"
Zafira exclaimed in shock.

Just then Zubayr entered the living room, he had just returned.

Zafira sat there frozen at the sight of Zubayr. She was carried away and forgot to keep track of the time.

"What the...!"
Zubayr said with flames in his eyes.

" I'm sorry! I was just..."
Zafira stammered

"You were just! My sister is your friend not me. What gave you the audacity to touch this computer? Why this computer of all the computers?"
Zubayr yelled at the top of his voice.

"Have you ever worked tirelessly just to make sure you get to give the best presentation in a meeting with top Engineers of England only for it to turn blank on being opened? Have you??"
He asked almost at the verge of tears.

"Just for a colleague of yours to present something inferior to what you worked so hard on all night??"
Zubayr added disappointedly.

Zafira was dumbfounded so was Aliya who came just in time to see all that transpired. Zubayr left for his room in anger and slammed the door.

That night, Zafira couldn't sleep. She felt pity for the young man. She felt her curiosity had hurt his ego. But then she still hadn't told him about the malware. Did he know about it? Did he know the antivirus software had long expired? She decided to speak to him the next day, come what may.