Roshan let out a deep breath that rushed through the phone like a wind tunnel. “Bharat had us continue to look into Sahar, her whereabouts, any information that may have been leaked, even after she was terminated from the company.”

“She’s ghosted.”

“Completely,” Roshan confirmed. “She’s not working at WTA like we expected. Her condo went up for sale days after her termination and sold pretty fast. Real estate is hard to find in the Valley, so it makes sense. All of her things were put into a storage container, and her mail was forwarded to her mother’s house in Peoria, Illinois.”

“Roshan, that doesn’t mean she wasn’t responsible.”

“No, and Sri knows that, so we kept looking. This morning, something came up while I was putting in a few extra hours. Are you ready for it?”

Raj glanced over at Ajay. “Yes.”

“The so-called relative at WTA? He doesn’t exist. Let’s just say that if we didn’t have Bharat’s resources, I would’ve never found out that the employee ID for this relative is a fake. You, your team, everyone was duped.”

“Oh no,” Raj said, pinching the bridge of her nose.

“That’s not all. The relocation software that WTA wants is all housed in a depository. Only Sahar and one other person had access to all of the depository. We thought Sahar was downloading the source code for the software. I went back and checked the history, and her key was used to access the depository and download all the source code twenty-four hours after she was walked off the premises. Raj, she couldn’t have gotten back into the depository if she tried. It had to be someone else.”

“Shit.”

Roshan laughed. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say ‘shit’ with so much class before.”

“It’s a gift. Roshan, someone else got into Bharat’s servers. I’m pissed that my consultants fell for WTA’s trap, but I’ll deal with that later. Right now, we have to tell the Singhs.”

“I’ll call Sri and ask for a meeting.”

“Let me talk to Ajay first,” Raj said. “I’m the one who fed them information through Mina, and I had you looking under my direction. I should be the one to come clean with the news first. I’m responsible.”

“Responsible for what?”

Ajay’s voice had Raj turning around to see him standing next to her. “Raj?”

“Hold on,” she responded. “Roshan? Stay available. I’m going to see if I can address this with all the Singhs today.”

“Roger that. Text me when it’s time to loop in Sri.”

“Will do. And thanks. For trusting me and calling first.”

“Hey, it’s the least I could do. You hired me when no one else would.”