Ivy went through the docunt Max had given her. It contained the list of all the victims of the organ trafficking case as well as the doctors and the hospitals involved in the cri. There were a total of sixty-seven victims and thirteen doctors had taken part actively in this activity. She scanned the list of hospitals that were nad and she could recognize a few of them. She arranged the nas of the victims and the doctors based on the hospital where the operation had taken place. Most of the victims were from the Citizens Health Care Hospital, with cases of thirty-eight from it alone.
Ivy rembered that her father had created a file of similar kind and it was sowhere in their old house. Aria and Ivy had moved out of the house as soon as their mother had passed away as they could not bear with the sad mories it held. They could neither toughen themselves and sell the house nor could they continue to stay in it.
Ivy's father had created a list of similar kind and he had locked it in his study. She knew the docunt must still be sowhere in there. Maybe it could help her in finding her father sohow. Though Aria and Ivy had looked through the study three years back, they could find nothing that could help in the search. But Ivy had a gut feeling that there was sothing in there that held all the answers. She pulled out her jacket and ran out of her house after locking it. She got on her street scrambler and rode towards her ho at a fast speed. It was quite far from her current ho. Yet she reached there within twenty minutes.
The gates were locked with a chain lock. She removed the key and inserted it into the lock. Due to it not being used for many years, the lock had beco rusty. She tried to unlock it many tis until it finally clicked. She removed the chain and pushed the gate with force. It opened with a creak. She walked inside and took a look at her ho, reminiscing her childhood. It was the first ti after the West sisters had left the house that Ivy was returning. They couldn't muster the courage to co back although they wanted to.
Everything looked almost the sa, except for the grass that had overgrown and the paint on the house had faded. She walked to the patio and recollected the good old days when she and Aria would hide from their parents whenever they were asked to study. She smiled a little thinking about it. But the next instant, she ca out of her thoughts. She had other important matters to look into. She unlocked the main door and took a step inside. The floor was covered with dust while there were spider webs at every corner. There was an unpleasant, musty sll. She imdiately opened the nearby windows, allowing the sunlight and so fresh air to enter the hall.
Without wasting her ti, Ivy strode towards her father's study which was on the first floor. She turned the knob and opened the door with ease. Although it had been three years without being used, the door was still in good condition. She looked around the small bookshelf near the door, the drawers, the cupboards and all other possible places where her father could have hidden a file. But she found nothing. Without accepting defeat, she tried again only to end up with the sa result.
Ivy sat on the swirling chair dejected. She had co with the hopes of finding so clues only to reach a dead end. After sitting for around ten minutes, she tried looking for the last ti.
"Maybe, I have missed soplace." She voiced pulling out the drawers completely. Nothing.
Her Dad had a hobby of collecting books. In his study, he had a collection of more than seven hundred books.
"I cannot go through all of these." Ivy sighed looking at the large stack of books. She opened the cupboard and pulled out all the items inside it. Nothing again. Suddenly she got a hunch. She tapped on the cupboard's inner walls. It sounded hollow. Her eyes widened imdiately. She pulled out a stool and stood on it. She then pulled on the wooden sheet covering the back of the cupboard. There was a small rack at the back which could hold heavy items to a certain extent. The rack was stacked with docunts. She took out all the docunts and placed them on the table. She then arranged the entire room as it was before and stuffed the docunts in the bag she had brought with her. The musty scent was suffocating her. She wanted to leave the house as soon as possible.
Ivy locked the door and the entrance gate and ran towards her motorbike. She jumped when her phone rang.
"Calm down Ivy. It's just your phone." Ivy patted her racing heart and picked up the phone. It was a call from Joshua.
"Hey Ivy."
"Hello Mr Martin."
"I have sothing to tell you. I am trying to find out more about the reporters who had previously tried to cover the news about the case you are working on now."
Hope arose in Ivy's heart. "Really?"
"Yes. But, all the information about it has been locked. I am unable to collect any feeds about it. I am sorry." Joshua's words imdiately extinguished the ray of hope.
"Mr. Martin please try again. Please."
"Ivy I have tried all possible thods. It looks like soone powerful is blocking from getting what I need." Joshua lied. He knew why he was not getting any information about those reporters. All the information had been locked on Noah's orders. He wanted to talk to him regarding Ivy's request. But Noah had flown to London as soon as he was discharged from hospital. So, he didn't get an opportunity to raise the issue.
"Please Mr. Martin. Please try again for my sake."
Joshua sighed. He knew he couldn't help her in any way. Three years back, he was one who had deleted all the files regarding the case on Noah's orders. Now, without Noah he couldn't make a decision alone. Ivy listened to Joshua's silence on the phone and didn't know what to do.
"How about this Mr Martin. Let's et up. I'll tell you why I want the information." Joshua raised his eyebrows. He wanted to know why Ivy was interested in knowing about those journalists since the day she had asked him for a favor.
"Sure. Where shall we et?" Joshua wanted to et her too. He had been thinking about her since their first et. He found her quite fascinating.
"I am not sure. I don't want to et you anywhere crowded and I cannot ask a stranger to co to my house. Do you have a place in mind?"
"How about my office? I have a eting up till 4 o'clock. We can et after that." Who was he kidding? He was still at the Underground Base playing with the new toys. He was not done with them yet and it would take around three hours more for him to return to his office.
"Sure Mr. Martin."
"I'll text you the address."
Ivy sighed. She knew she had no choice other than to reveal her intentions to Joshua. Her phone rang again. This ti it was a call from Kira.
"Hey Kira."
"Ivy co to Full Care Hospital right now." Kira sounded panicked and scared.
"Why? What happened Kira?"
"Max has t with an accident."
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