“Hmm, I think I might have an idea to tackle this issue but it’s not entirely risk-free. What do you say?” Prakash pondered for a plan of action that might solve both of their objectives at the fastest possible speed. “Let me hear it first,” Vikram hesitated for a second before agreeing to hear him out. He had a faint sense of foreboding as he gazed at the serious pondering face of Prakash that looked to be weighing all of the options available to him. Merchants were never to be trusted, this was a saying that was prevalent in their household and was something he had heard so many times that he felt aversion to the mere mention of the word ‘merchant’. This was something his grandmother used to say to him every day after one of her bed-time stories which usually revolved around

