'Uncle Jack, look at this', Adora said, handing the phone to Jack.
Jack looks at the phone. 'It's him. It's the Shadow'.
'Who the heck is that?'
'He's a hacker. A smart one at that. No one has ever seen him before. He's believed to be a myth. But I recognize his signature. We believe that he has something to do with my brother's disappearance but we have no proof yet. He covers his tracks well'.
'How come he can access Laly's phone?', Debby asked Jack.
'I don't know. But somehow he or someone working with him must have gained access to this phone and ever since he has been monitoring it remotely.
'Apart from her, no one can access her phone except me', Debby said. Looking at me. I could see the surprise on her face.
'Debby. I want you to think very carefully, in the past one week, who has had access to this phone? No matter how short a time it was. Even though it was for few seconds', Jack asked her.
'I . . . I can't remember . . . I don't think anyone has'. Debby wasn't the careless type. One of the reasons I wanted her close to me was her power to organize things. She was physically shaking and I felt confused myself.
'Debby please try and remember', I said and held her hands, trying to calm her nerves. For some seconds I continued to hold her hands and she became very quiet. And all of a sudden she came alive.
'I remember something. In the elevator. Someone asked to use my phone to call his. He said he dropped it somewhere and didn't know where. I handed him the phone and watched him dial it. It was actually in his briefcase. That was all. He didn't do anything to it'.
'Did you get to see his face?'
'Not really. He had a face cap and glasses on. Didn't occur to me to really look at him'.
Jack looked at Adora and back to Debby.
'Miss Debby, that wasn't his number he dialed', Adora said. 'He actually inserted some codes and activated the phone so he could control it remotely. Only high level programmers can do that'.
'Can we see the number?', Jack asked.
Debby scrolled like her life depended on it.
'The number isn't here anymore'. She said
'I thought as much', Jack said. 'But not to worry. We're going to track the signal and use it to pin point his exact location'.
'Using his own codes against him. Brilliant!', Bella said.
Jack goes to his table and connects the phone to his laptop. For a while I saw him do somethings that I probably didn't understand.
'I have all I need'.
'So now is he blind?', I asked eagerly.
'Not really. You're phone is still being monitored'. Jack replied.
'But that wasn't the idea. The idea is so that I won't be'.
'Yea I know. But I decided to keep it that way. If he suspects that he's being followed, we might loose him. This is the closest we've come close to him. Let him think no one's watching him so that we can see what he's up to'.
'So what do I do now?', I was already panicking.
'I'll use the same signal to trace him. Very soon we'll be able to see what he really looks like and know what he wants and stop him before he gets it'.
'I'm so sorry Laly. This is all my fault', Debby apologized and started crying. It's been like donkey years I saw her cry. The last time she cried was when her puppy died. She cried her heart out that day.
'It's not your fault', I said hugging her. 'You didn't know. We'll get to the buttom of this. You have nothing to worry about'. I cleaned her tears.
'One more thing', Jack said. 'We need to make sure you're protected'. He goes to his room and comes back with a another cell phone, connects my phone and the new phone to his laptop and did some clicks here and there. After a while he gave me the new phone.
'I just cloned your phone. He can be able to track your phone but not this one. I'll keep yours with me. Every info you need is in there. Let me monitor this and before long we'll get him'.
'Like how long will that take?', Bella asked.
'I don't really know yet. But it might take a while. But you have nothing to worry about. We'll get him'.
'Ok. I'm relaxed knowing you're on top of it. But wait a minute. Adora installed something on my phone. Will that still work on this?'
'That's not a problem Miss Lara. I can fix that'. Adora told me and collects the phone from me and did her magic. 'There', she said and handed it back to me. 'Hope you remember how to activate it?'
'I do Miss Aistine', I said smiling. She smiled too. So cute.
'You flatter me', she said still smiling. 'I forgot to tell you. It can record any event right on your phone, whether you switch it on or not. It uses the cloud technology. You can watch it as it's happening or save it for later. It can also detect body temperature. And with the face recognition technology, it can detect and tell you who exactly is in the room. But you need to upload the entire database of your company onto the device. I can do that later. Maybe before you get home'
'How can I repay you guys', I said, overwhelmed.
'Don't worry Miss Lara. You're family now', Bella said. 'Come here you', She hugged me warmly.
'Can I have one of those?', Debby asked. 'Wanna spy on someone and maybe upload her 'disturbing behaviors' on YouTube'. As she said that, she gave me a wink and I knew she was talking about Delilah.
As much as I wanted to get rid of Delilah, her personal life wasn't of any interest to me. Except when it had to do with mine.
'Don't mind Debby. We don't need another'.
'Come on. It would be fun. Please!' She pleaded like a two year old begging for candy.
'No young lady. As much I want to ruin her pathetic life, we're not doing any of your James Bond moves on her. That's too degrading. Even for us'. I concluded.
'You're adopted', Debby said and twisted her face.
'Yea I know. And I love you too'. I couldn't help laughing.
We said our goodbyes and Debby drove me home. I couldn't wait to try my new toy. But a question kept coming to my mind. 'Who would have been at my office at that time of the night?'
NEXT DAY: LARA'S OFFICE
I got to the office earlier than usual. I had to check to see if the locks were broken but they weren't. I was a bit confused. I got inside, checked everything and nothing was moved or missing. Everything was exactly the way I left them the previous day. 'I'm going to know who's behind this, sooner or later', I said to myself.
Was so very excited about my new gadget. Debby was even more excited as she came in.
'So how's it going to get stuck up there?', she asked me, pointing at the top right corner of my office.
'She just threw it and it got stuck and that's exactly what I'm going to do'. I answered.
'Just like that?'
'Yea?! You got a better idea?'
'Yea! I could carry you up so you could reach it. Or I could bring in a ladder. Your call'.
'I don't need a ladder. If she could do it, so can I. Or are you going to do it?'
'Hell no! It's your office, you do it. But what if it doesn't stay up there?' What if you break it'.
'Come on I'm not six'.
'But a six year old built that'.
'A six year old who is obviously smarter than both of us put together. I can do this. Let me concentrate'.
We looked like teenagers fighting over whether Babie is better in pink or red. Finally I threw it and it got stuck, just the the same spot as Adora's. And the green light came on automatically. We were so excited we started singing and dancing. Seriously we looked funny.
Then we had a knock on the door. It was Sid.
'Morning Lara', he greeted.
'Morning Sid'.
'Please do excuse me', Debby said and left.
'Lara, you've been avoiding me. What exactly did I do?'
'Sid, you're a great guy. Really. But I can't go out with you. I've tried telling you that but you keep making things difficult'.
'Why? Is it because of Jack?'
'Who I decide to go out with isn't your business and I would really appreciate it if you stayed out of it'.
'Come on Lara, you need a man that can take care of you. Not just a low life that thinks poetry is the best way to take care of a woman. Going around calling everyone his rainbow'. When he said that, there was a quick pause and I could swear I saw him blink. Not a normal blink but the 'Oh my God! What the heck did I just say' kind of blink. I was stunned.
'Sid. How do you know that?'.
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