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THE DREAM
CHAPTER 3
I couldn’t sleep that night. I had Mr. X right in front of my eyes, not once but twice in the same day and I let him escape. I felt like a complete idiot. Now I really wanted to solve the clues and get to the truth as soon as possible. Since I had decoded the first clue, I figured I should probably look at the second instruction from the letter I got.
I started searching for the envelope. I thought how my life had changed in the past week. First, the dreams, then the envelope and all that Mr. X situation. I was cursing my luck, just when I found the envelope. I opened the envelope and started reading the next clue.
It read-’Congratulations! I knew you could easily figure out the first clue. I know you have a lot of questions and those will be answered eventually. Right now, the next part of your clue is 190.157.1.1.
It wasn’t very hard to find out that it was an IP address. I ran it through the CSI terminal. But the issue was that it was a masked VPN address as it was bouncing off of various terminals.
So why has Mr. X sent me this IP address? I can’t even narrow it down to a proper address. Well, I can’t, but I knew a person who definitely can. I called her immediately and she picked up the call on the first ring, and there it was, the familiar melodious voice.
“Hey babe, what’s up?”
“Nothing much hon. What are you doing right now? Can we talk?”
“Well not really. You see, I am trying to decrypt an algorithm for one of our clients. Well what do you wanna talk about? Is it urgent?”
“It’s about the Mr. X case. Can you maybe meet me at lunch then? I’ll fill you in with the details then”
“Sounds good. Meet you at lunch. How about The Jitters? ”
“Yup Sure. I’ll be there. Thanks a lot babe! Bye”
She hung up the phone with a sweet kiss and here I was all red like a ripe tomato.
The clock struck 1 and I got ready to leave for lunch. The Jitters was just a few blocks away from my office. I reached the place and there she was. Sarah was already there waiting for me, dressed in a royal blue peplum pencil dress. She paired them with the perfect royal blue peep toes. Yes, there was no competition to Sarah’s dress sense, be it a...
I couldn’t sleep that night. I had Mr. X right in front of my eyes, not once but twice in the same day and I let him escape. I felt like a complete idiot. Now I really wanted to solve the clues and get to the truth as soon as possible. Since I had decoded the first clue, I figured I should probably look at the second instruction from the letter I got.
I started searching for the envelope. I thought how my life had changed in the past week. First, the dreams, then the envelope and all that Mr. X situation. I was cursing my luck, just when I found the envelope. I opened the envelope and started reading the next clue.
It read-’Congratulations! I knew you could easily figure out the first clue. I know you have a lot of questions and those will be answered eventually. Right now, the next part of your clue is 190.157.1.1.
It wasn’t very hard to find out that it was an IP address. I ran it through the CSI terminal. But the issue was that it was a masked VPN address as it was bouncing off of various terminals.
So why has Mr. X sent me this IP address? I can’t even narrow it down to a proper address. Well, I can’t, but I knew a person who definitely can. I called her immediately and she picked up the call on the first ring, and there it was, the familiar melodious voice.
“Hey babe, what’s up?”
“Nothing much hon. What are you doing right now? Can we talk?”
“Well not really. You see, I am trying to decrypt an algorithm for one of our clients. Well what do you wanna talk about? Is it urgent?”
“It’s about the Mr. X case. Can you maybe meet me at lunch then? I’ll fill you in with the details then”
“Sounds good. Meet you at lunch. How about The Jitters? ”
“Yup Sure. I’ll be there. Thanks a lot babe! Bye”
She hung up the phone with a sweet kiss and here I was all red like a ripe tomato.
The clock struck 1 and I got ready to leave for lunch. The Jitters was just a few blocks away from my office. I reached the place and there she was. Sarah was already there waiting for me, dressed in a royal blue peplum pencil dress. She paired them with the perfect royal blue peep toes. Yes, there was no competition to Sarah’s dress sense, be it a...
