165 Dark Future

"Ask me? What do you mean? What have I done? Why are you blaming me for all these?  Dad it is your business. You always  do everything yourself.You clearly know that I have no interest in the business. How can I do this?"

"Do you really want to know, what have you this time? Tell me first, whom do you wronged this time?"

"Me? No. I did n...Oh.Oh my god! I can not believe it."Rian yelled in frustration.

His heart skipped a beat. That means .....

" Papa, please tell me everything."

His father explained everything in details to him. Now he confirmed about the person behind all these.

"Papa. He ...he is John Smith of Smith Enterprise."

"What?" Rian's fathers almost choked. He started to cough violently. Rian hurriedly massaged his back.

"You....., What did you just say? Have you said John Smith of Smith Enterprise? What have you done to him? How can you anger a person like John Smith? You went to city D to bring that Wilson girl. Did you harm him instead?" Rian's father asked worriedly. He could not believe that his son could do anything wrong to that business tycoon.

"Papa, Zinu is John Smith's wife." Rian replied in low voice. He could not meet his eyes with his father.

"What! Are you speaking about Zinu Wilson? That Wilson girl?"

"Yes, papa. Zinu Wilson is the wife of John Smith. I too did not know about it."

Rian explained to him everything in details. His father was so angry that he started to hit Rian with a stick, which was kept nearby. Rian did not even try to save himself. He knew that he deserves this.

Rian's father stopped only when he got tired by hitting him. He sat down on the floor. He knew what is the result of teasing John. It was like teasing a sleeping lion. He knew although John never attacks anyone without any reason, he counterattacks very strongly. Now Rian's father could see their dark future. Rian too worried to see his father's condition. He did not know what to say or do.

"Papa please forgive me. I did not think that my foolishness would do harm you. "

"Harm? Are you saying that it had harmed me? Do you know what have you done? You have made your own future dark by this. You have invited your own destruction yourself." Rian's father said with crying like tone.

"Papa. I will do something. There must be a way of saving  the company."

"Are you trying to say that, you will find a way when John Smith has bought all the shares of our company already? We have only thirty per cent left. Do you know the meaning of it? Oh my god! Why I have a son like you? Why did you tell Zinu Wilson, that she had to sell her body to raise her kids? Why did you try to insult her, when she already told you that she had someone in her life?

Everyone would get angry if anyone tries to insult his wife. And here you told yourself to John Smith that, she is characterless!! Had you left your brain somewhere, before going there? How could you tell him that, she tried to seduce you? Have you not thought for a once that, nothing could be hidden from John Smith? You have pushed yourself towards the destruction along with me."

Rian lowered his head. He was feeling ashamed for what he had done.

"Papa. I did not think this matter would go to that depth.I.....found it humiliating for me that, Zinu was rejecting me for someone else. I never thought that it would be John Smith. I ..... thought she must be in love with an ordinary person."

"What do you mean by that? Yes, John Smith was correct. I am getting the fruits which I sowed myself. I should teach you all these when it was time. Now see what happened. How can you find it humiliating, if anybody has selected someone else instead of you?"

"Papa. Please forgive me. Please tell me what to do now? I will do everything."

"Tomorrow morning John Smith has called a meeting. All the managers will present there. You have attended the meeting and ask for His forgiveness in front of everyone. Tomorrow morning I will announce a press release. There also, you have to ask his forgiveness. But remember, never mention anything about his wife. As per my knowledge, he had not announced his marriage yet. He would be angrier if you do this. Maybe he would leave us alone with our remaining shares if we can do these successfully. At least we would not have to be a beggar of the street, by doing this."

"Yes, papa. I will listen to each and every advice."

Next day Rian and his father released a press notice snd and openly asked forgiveness from John. John sent Charlie to attend the meeting. There also, Rian requested Charlie to forward his message to John Smith.

John was satisfied with Rian and his father's actions. So, he let them go with a warning. He knew that they had learnt the lesson for their whole life. After this incident, Rian transformed himself into a responsible person.

On the other hand, Zinu and Dolly were trying hard to reveal the secret behind the map. They were searching for again and again all the things that belonged to Oliver Smith.

"Zinu, I think we will not get anything," Dolly said Zinu in frustration. They both were drenched in sweat, even it was the almost cold season. They were rechecking the books of Oliver Smith's library.

"Dolly I think we are searching for all the wrong way all along. I have seen in the crime series, which Ronnie liked to watch. There I saw some episodes, where some code language were used to hide something. The person who wants to get the hidden things, he has to decode it to get the hidden things."

"Are you trying to say that, grandpa also used some symbols or codes to hide the map? And we are here searching for a solid map! Oh Zinu, you are genius. Let's try to get the code. Then we will solve this to get the map."

"It is not that easy Dolly. We don't even know which type of code we are searching for, or where is it. So, we have to recheck everything again. Let us start with the diary."Zinu suggested.

"No, I think we should start with the paintings," Dolly suggested. She did not want to read the diary again now.

"Ok. Let's go."

They both again started to search for any code or any symbol. They observed all the paintings very keenly. It was almost one hour past, but they could not found anything yet.

"Look Zinu, all these paintings are normal paintings. I could not find anything here." Dolly said and looked at Zinu. She was keenly observing a painting. It was the same painting, which Mr Oliver Smith had ordered the artist to draw specially for him.

"Zinu, have you got something? What are you observing like that?"Dolly asked Zinu.

" Dolly, I think I have seen something, "Zinu said in low voice.

"What! You got something! Oh my god! That is great! What is this? What have you got? Show me." Dolly said excitedly.

"I will show you. First, please bring a notebook." Xinu replied.

Dolly hurriedly brought a notebook and handed it Zinu. They both observed the painting very closely.

"Look at the painting very carefully. It is a painting of tree and river. It is a normal painting at first glance. But you carefully observe the leaves of the tree. There are some letters that are written here."

"What?Where?Let me see." Dolly said in a surprised tone.

She observed the painting again. Now she could see the letters in the painting.

"Oh my god, Zinu.You are really a genius."

"Let us note down it. These are not the real letters of English. These may be codes. Do you know Dolly, I can remember I saw the same types of code letters on the pendant of grandma, which grandpa gifted her before his death."

'What? In pendant also! Why are you telling me now?"Dolly asked in surprise.

"I was not sure about it. I thought it is also the design of the pendant. Now after seeing the letters in the paintings, I remember that. Let us note down every letter and after that, we have to search for everywhere, for the same types of  letters."

"Yes. Let us start writing."

They both started writing the code language, which they got from the leaves of the painting. There were a lot of letters that were written there. They note down everything. Some letters are too small to see with naked eyes. They have to use a magnifying glass for it.

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