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He paced in his personal room worrying how to solve the problem. His father-in-law joined him as a partner of the Export Company and taught him the secret of business. Soon he learnt all ins and outs of the business. After his death also, his business flourished but once the Export Officer came to power, he was a thorn in his flesh.

His wife, Devi came to know what exasperated him but couldn’t help to alleviate his mental agony. She lost her composure when she came to know the atrocity of the money grubbing Export Officer who dodged to sign the document. He stipulated for extortionate amount of bribery to sign the document.

Suddenly something stuck his mind. “Why don’t we try to contact the young lady?”

This thought made him run to his dressing room where he left the visiting card inside his coat. He took out the visiting card and contacted the young lady.

“Sivasankar speaking. May I speak to the young lady who came to my office?”

“Yes. What do you want?”

“Your help…” Siva hesitated.