The jinx and the voice - 3

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By the time he sorted his thoughts and emotions, the bus from downtown to the Ochre city hub came. He got in and his thoughts again wandered off to Jina. “Curiosity killed the cat!” He had heard her saying this before, but never gave much thought to it. She always talks in riddles and those keep ringing in his ears from time to time. So he usually avoided giving much thought on her words to keep her voice off from his head. Now that nanny Shu said it, especially when he was asking about Jina, he felt that something was amiss. What is the secret that she holds, which can cause him his life? He needed more information on her to make plans ahead. So he took out his phone and sent a message to Mr. P, to dig on Jina Shaw’s details in a very detailed manner.

Chan reached the office in an hour. On seeing the files piled on his desk, he regretted coming. The tax investigations were getting on his nerves. Everything