Page 90 of Twisted Alliance

“Thank you, Mr. Kedar!”

Giving her regards to his father and family, she ended the phone call before going to the computer in the accounting room. She had to wait for a few minutes, but she was excited to see the email from Kedar Kayastha. She clicked on it right away.

Her heart jerked and thudded when a vividly depicted image of Goddess Shakti came into her view.

My God.

The statue looked absolutely divine and beautiful.

Feeling excited, she printed the image. But a moment later, she saw that the printer was not working. She frowned when she saw a red light flashing on the printer. She then quickly went to the library, where there was another computer with a printer.

A few frustrating minutes later, she noticed a similar light flashing on the printer.

What is happening?

She wasn’t sure what the problem was as she only knew the basic use of the printer. Her heart sank that she wouldn’t be able to get a printed copy of Goddess Shakti’s image.

The home office!

She realized there was a printer in the home office upstairs. Even if Shivay was working there, she could ask him to print Goddess Chitt’s image.

Feeling excited, she ran upstairs.

The corridor was empty and she entered the office suite, only to see that the door to the home office was shut. She knocked on the door, hoping Shivay wouldn’t be busy. But disappointment sunk in when the door was not answered. She couldn’t hear his deep voice or any sounds from inside.

With a small frown, she twisted the handle and tried to open the door. She was surprised when it opened. There was no one inside. The tall leather chair behind a large polished wood office desk was empty.

Her nose tingled with the faint smell of the familiar cologne that permeated the air. Shivay spent significant time in the office.

She noticed a sleek laptop on the desk. She could also see a printer that looked much smaller than the ones in the accounting room and the library room.

She slowly went towards the laptop. She had never used one before. Hoping it would be similar to the other computers, she pulled it closer and opened it. It automatically turned on, but when she pressed a key, she saw a message to enter a password.

Oh no.

She didn’t know what Shivay used as a password. Biting her lip, she stared at the screen uncertainly.

“Need help?” a deep voice asked from behind her.

She screamed and turned with her hand on her heart. Shivay was standing right behind her. There was a dark look on his face.

“I-I was… trying to…” She felt shaken seeing the anger in his eyes.

“You were trying to do what?” he asked curtly.

“I was trying to open your laptop, but it is asking for a password…” She trailed off when she saw his eyes darken even more.

It struck her then how bad the current situation looked. It was almost as if she had broken into his office and was trying to spy on him using his laptop.

Oh God.

“Goddess Shakti,” she blurted. “I had asked guruji during our visit about Goddess Shakti’s statue and whether he remembered the details. He didn’t right then, but he promised to have his son who is an artist draw it if he remembered. Mr. Kedar, who is guruji’s son, called me a while ago and sent me the image he drew by hand. It’s in my email but the printers in the accounting and library rooms are not working. I had to come here because I knew there would be a printer. I thought you wouldn’t mind since I know you and your brothers are looking for Goddess Shakti’s statue.”

As soon as she finished blurting out the long explanation hurriedly, the dark look on his face disappeared.

He reached behind her and clicked something on the laptop.

“Try now,” he said.

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