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Veer took out a flash drive from his pocket and kept it on the table before Erik. Erik picked up the drive.

Veer said, " I haven't seen what's inside the thing but she said it took her more than half an hour to transfer the files from Morrison's laptop. "

" Where is Morrison now? "

" He is in hospital. After he was hospitalized I told Nishtha to disappear for a few days. They might be looking for her. "

" They might be looking for me too. "

" Why? "

" Carla's phone has been switched off since last night. I am not able to contact her. Something must have happened to her. "

Veer hummed and nodded.

Erik asked, " Would you like to order something? "

" Well, nope but thank you for the offer. "

Erik gave a slight smile and began to have his tea. Veer came out of the restaurant. He took out his cigarette, put that in his mouth and lit it with a lighter. He smoked the cigarette and then went to his car.

Three oil derrick pumps were extracting crude oil from the ground in desert. A supervisor, Rick was standing by the third pump. He was jotting down the amount of oil which were being extracted by the pumps by looking at a meter which was installed by the pump. He called a rig worker, Asir who was loading the crude oil container in a truck with help of two another workers. Asif and Rick came to each other.

" How many more trucks will be needed? "

" Just one more. "

" Just one. Sure. "

Asif nodded. Rick took out his phone.

He said, " Let me arrange another one. "

An oil refinery was built at a distance from the oil extraction facility. There was a commotion among the workers in the refinery. Two security guards were sitting inside a cabin built near the entrance gate of the refinery. There were three monitor screens installed in the cabin. One of the screen was displaying the rea time footage of outside the entrance gate. Three trucks having crude oil containers were parked in a queue outside the premises of the oil refinery owned by 'BLACKSTONE OIL CORPORATION'. The driver in the first truck signed a document on the clipboard. He gave the clipboard to a third security guard along with the pen who was standing outside the truck. He turned to the CCTV which was installed near the entrance gate. He waved his hand. The guards in the cabin saw him and one of them pressed a red button in order to open the sliding gate. The gate began to open. The trucks began to move into the refinery one by one.

The multistorey office building of 'BLACKSTONE OIL CORPORATION' was built in the city of Jeddah. The building had glass panel walls. Yusuf Rehman walked through the lobby of the nineteenth floor of the building. He came near to his office. He placed his thumb on the biometric scanner which was placed on the wall on the left side of the door. The scanner approved his identity. He opened the door and entered the office. Perkins was smoking a cigarette while sitting on a couch in the office. Yusuf went to the table which was kept near the glass pane of the large space. He kept his office bag on the table.

He said, " I have authorised you to enter my office that doesn't mean you will come here and start smoking cigarettes. "

Yusuf sat at his table. He accessed his computer in which he saw a news article on a website, 'BLACKSTONE CORPORATE ATTORNEY SHOT DEAD'. A black and white image of Carla was too displayed on the article. He huffed. Perkins stood up from the couch and came to him. He gave his phone to Yusuf. Yusuf looked at him.

" What? "

Perkins said, " Auric wants to have a word with you. "

He took the phone.

" Everything alright? "

" The linker suffered a heart stroke last night. "

Yusuf talked to Auric (in his mid thirties) who was standing outside the intensive care unit of the hospital in Munich. He could clearly see Tevray lying unconscious on the bed through the window of the room.

Yusuf asked, " Auric, how did it happen? "

" I don't know, sir. "

Yusuf stood up from his chair and pulled it back. He turned to the glass wall from where he could have an outside view of the premises.

He asked, " What do you mean by you don't know? "

" I was not there with him. "

" Then who was with him last night. "

" A girl. "

" A girl? Which girl? "

" I don't know sir but Mr. Morrison was  in a relationship with a girl. She used to live with him. "

He hummed and nodded. He turned to Perkins who folded his hands.

" Have you seen the girl? "

" Yes sir. "

" Alright. Wait for the call. "

Yusuf hung up the call and gave the phone to Perkins.

He said, " You have to go to Munich right now. "

Perkins walked out of the room with the phone in his hand. He went to the elevator.

Senior Chief Inspector Engrid (in his mid fifties) was brushing his teeth at night. He was standing at the washbasin before the mirror in his house at Frankfurt. He heard the ringtone of his phone. He rinsed with water.

" June, get me the phone. "

He wiped his hand with towel which was hanging on a towel ring by the basin. He came to the dining room. His daughter, June (in her early twenties) came to him and gave him the phone.

She said, " It's an unknown number. "

He took the phone.

He asked, " Where is Ryan? "

" He's in the room. He probably be playing game on PlayStation. "

He attended the call.

" Hello. "

" Senior Chief Inspector Engrid Walkman. "

" May I know who's on the side? "

Gareth (in his mid thirties) was inside an abandoned factory. He was smoking a cigarette and was holding phone with the other hand.

He said, " I am speaking on the behalf of two travel agents you arrested on the accusation of human trafficking. "

" Don't expect from me to getting them released. "

Gareth chuckled, " Definitely not, officer. "