บท 142: 141- Matthew's Misadventures

Matthew regularly got pocket money from his grandpa. But he was a thrifty boy. Over a decade he had been saving his pocket money – first in a big ornate wooden box; recently two years ago, in a private kids' bank unnoticed to anyone. Over fifty grand bucks he had in his kids bank account. He had an ATM card of the bank too; but he hardly used it. He took his ATM card and nothing else – no luggage except his favourite walkman, when he left for Kaerlud not saying anything to his foster parents and grandpa. He went Kaerlud by train. From internet he had already collected Karl the publisher's address. He reached there. Disguised as an old man to add some thrill to his adventure. Located a food truck standing before Karl's house. He ate a plate of noodles from the truck and inquired about the publisher. Then suddenly Karl came out of his house in a white sedan. Matthew hired a taxi and followed the white sedan to a beach condo. He asked the driver to wait there. Matthew saw that a girl was sitting outside the beach condo. Karl and the girl entered inside the condo. From a distance he peeped through the windows. The girl set a camera and Karl and the girl talked before the camera. Twice Karl rose from his sit and put his hands on the girl's shoulder. The second time he did that the girl got angry and hit his head with a brass bust that was on a table. Then she dangled the unconscious Karl upside down. Three other men came out of their hidings from inside the condo. After few minutes Karl gained his consciousness. The men and the girl talked some more minutes with dangling Karl and with a book in hand they got out of the building and the short balding man of the gang who seemed like the leader drove a black Toyota. Matthew asked the taxi driver to follow the black Toyota. In the mid way the black Toyota halted before a xerox shop and the bulky man of the gang got out of the car with the book in his hand. The black Toyota waited for five minutes; then the bulky man came with three more Xerox copies of the original book in his hand. Then the gang went to Green Bank Hotel. He got off the taxi and paid the driver. Then he went to the backside of the hotel. Sneaked into it through the backdoor. Discarded his disguise. Got rid of the fake beard and everything. He saw the gang enter a lift and the lift was pointing floor number four. He used the staircase and saw that the gang members separated at the lift and went to consecutive rooms. The short bald man went to room number sixty nine. He thought: They are going to read the book and discuss their game plans. He rushed to the backdoor, he saw a couple of blue blazers were hanging inside a room. He snatched one and ascended through lift to floor number four. He put the blue blazer behind a dustbin. Then he went downstairs to the front desk. He saw a service boy in a blue blazer and said to him, "Sir, I am from room number sixty nine. I was trying to call you; but perhaps your landline was busy. We need a room service – I mean four cups of tea and some biscuits. If you could…"