Before climbing the stairs to her apartment, Nivedita looked around for Badal uncle. She could not locate him. She asked the watchman. He was ignorant about his arrival. She rang him, but his mobile phone was switched off. She looked a little worried. "He must have reached home long back. Where is he stuck? I hope he did not get lost in the city," Nivedita muttered. She saw a boy stopped his bike near her. A girl climbed down from the back seat and asked the boy to come with her. He hesitated a bit and requested her to go