I ignored him as I went up stairs but I got the feeling he was waiting for me. Hmph had he finally realized I existed.“Kelly come here I think we n...ed to talk” he called up to me. I reluctantly went back down stairs. “What about” I asked. “About what you do while your Mother and I are not here. I am worried you might be thinking about seeing boys and maybe we need to sort out something like a boarding school.”I was stunned – oh no this would ruin everything. How could I get out to be. They were able to confirm thattheir cab arrived on time, but there had been no sign of him. A witnesswas found that saw him getting into what looked like a cab but otherwiseno description, so no trace of that vehicle could be found.Having ascertained that his wife had recently come into the ownership ofa major employer in the area, also raised the expectation of a ransomdemand. They belatedly installed recording equipment on her telephonesin the house, office and mobile. No such demand was. 5ft tall, whitish complexion and perfect body structure that any man can dream of. He introduced me to Suhana. We all became good friends, and we use to do the party on weekends in his place.I started interacting more with Suhana in absence of Karthik and she started liking my company. She uses to laugh at my funny jokes and all. After few days, we both exchanged our mobile numbers. Initially, I use to send her morning and evening wishes and few jokes in WhatsApp. And then we started a. What are the tallest, straightest trees that you have heard of in this general area? I am specially keen on any that grow near a river.”“Why near a river?”“You can float a tree trunk down the river to the sea, and the sea merchants want to collect the wood where the river meets the sea. That makes it easy for them, as they just need to tie the trunks – large logs - together and tow them behind the ship to where they are needed.”“You want a tree that has good wood all through the trunk?”“Yes. It.