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Arjun’s fingers hovered over the mouse. A .exe? For a payment gateway? He typed back.

He picked up the phone.

Victor: I already know your real name is Arjun Jitai. I know you have a daughter named Meera. She’s at Shishu Mandir school, pick-up at 3:30 PM. Run the file on your real machine, or I’ll send someone to pick her up early.

Arjun didn’t feel relief. He felt the cold slide of a cage door clicking shut behind him—one lined with gold.

Victor: Use this mirror link. It’s faster. [Link]

Arjun: Victor, why is this an executable? Source code should be .js or .py files.

His blood went cold. Jitai. That was his wife’s maiden name. He had never typed it online. Not on Upwork. Not anywhere.

Victor: Internal security. Just run it. It’ll decrypt the real files.