Chapter 263 - Why can’t people send letters through the post?

Miles away, Shreya was in her office as usual. It was still day time there. Files were piled in front of her on her table as her eyes drooped on their own…

The past two weeks had been crazy. She never left the Sri corp. Even though all the criminal related matters were actually handed over to the special intelligence division complete… she still had to work hard on bringing back balance in the economy.

The stock market had been absolutely erratic in the past few weeks. The fluctuations were off the charts. Most of the time went by just to appease panicked shareholders, clients, and banks.

And her previous estimate of investment needed was off by far…

She knew she just had to ride it out… but it had been a mess.

Even though, personally, for her, there was no real loss… but if the market crashes, the people of the whole nation might suffer. So, she couldn't afford to take that chance no matter what.

But being on your toes all the time was exhausting beyond words.

Pritham just walked in to ask her something… but seeing her sleeping, he quietly left. God knows when she last slept.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href="#%E2%80%99t-people-send-letters-through-the-post_51185466929631153">#%E2%80%99t-people-send-letters-through-the-post_51185466929631153</a> for visiting.

But the slumber did not last long since Pritham walked back in… this time completely panicked making Shreya wake up with a hell of a jolt.

Before she could even recover, Pritham shoved a tablet to her face and took a few steps back. He had a feeling Shreya was going to break something as soon as she saw the mail.

Shreya's eyes darted over the screen for one second… and then two… full two minutes went by before her eyes snapped and instantly flared up.

It was a picture of Charan and his whole family from the island taken in close proximity and it had one line written at the end.

'Need to deliver Abishek Mehta within 48 hours and do not try to approach the island or else they are all going to be dead.'

"Contact Srinivas on the sat phone…" Shreya's voice rang coldly while her eyes trembled uncontrollably.

"I tried… It is jammed. In fact, all communications in and out of the island are jammed." Pritham muttered not daring to raise his voice.

"Can you trace the e-mail…?" Shreya asked.

"Yes, but it is just outside of the city. I guess there should be two sets of people. One should be already on the island while another group should be working here for the drop-off."

Shreya's grip on the tablet tightened to the point Pritham was afraid the screen was going to crack.

Panic rose uncontrollably in Shreya… for once she actually did not know what to do. Because she knew what she does next will directly influence the lives of people she most cared about beyond herself. She was so scared that her palms started sweating.

"Find the whereabouts of Abishek…" Shreya whispered.

Pritham just stood there… without saying or moving.

"What?" Shreya barked making Pritham almost pee his pants.

"Abishek is with witness protection now… It is probably easier to find him through proper channels." Pritham mumbled in a mosquito voice taking a precautionary few steps back. After all, jumping through the channels might result in unwanted consequences later especially if something goes wrong with him later.

"Find him…" Shreya insisted but then she added, "But do not move him until I say so… And keep trying to reach Srinivas. Now out!" Pritham gave her a quick nod before fleeing away.

He really cursed his job as the computer guy in the team. Why can't people send letters through the post? Why does it have to be an email!! Especially given how much of a scaredy-cat he was.

Shreya back in the office took a few deep breaths. She knew she needed to calm down… it was integral for her to have a straight head if she wanted to bring them back… thinking of the consequences now is only going to lead her to make stupid mistakes. Mistakes that could cost her dearly.

She took a few minutes for herself before taking out her phones.

"Adam… find me the itineraries for the Minister and the Chief. I will be meeting them in 3 hours…" She instructed and hung up the phone.

She then dialed again, " Akash… go through the CCTV videos from the island. I want to find out what we missed… I want to know how the f.u.c.k did someone escaped our security check… If I find out someone had messed up… that person is screwed…"

She then took another few minutes to control her shaking hands… this time around anger rose in her uncontrollably which was good.

Because Shreya knew when she is angry, her mind is going to work like a freaking computer which was good. Better than how her mind goes blank when she is afraid.

Her eyes darted rapidly as her mind ran a million times faster.

After about 10 minutes, they suddenly stopped and she took out her phones and her fingers flew over the screen as she exited the room… her legs were steady but her pace was not lazy as usual. They were rushed and brisk.

By the time she reached the lobby, she found Zack standing there before her along with some other guys.

She did not great anyone. She just nodded and everyone followed her without a single word and got into the waiting car.

Total 4 cars drove off in a rush and Shreya was sitting in the second.

The cars came to a stop when they reached the outskirts of the city. Everybody got down except for Shreya.

Zack gave a gesture as the other guys spread out and checked the perimeter and then silently hid themselves in inconspicuous places.

Only Shreya and Zack remained. Zack stood outside Shreya's doors while his eyes looked around vigilantly.

They were standing on the open ground surrounded by under-construction buildings. The building was all skyscr.a.p.ers. But from the looks of it, the construction process had been ceased without a single worker to the seen on the ground.