Another pause, longer this time. "Meet me at the cybercafe near Crawford Market. Dawn."
Rajiv nodded, clutching the drive like a talisman.
"No, no, no," he whispered.
At 5:47 AM, Neha slid a scratched, black USB stick across a plastic table. It was labeled in permanent marker: "ACAD 2017 - NO TRACE."
> UNSTABLE GEOMETRY DETECTED. SUGGEST ALTERNATIVE: REVOLVED TORUS. autocad portable 2017
A pause. "How deep?"
He exported the PDFs, the 3D walkthrough, and the material takeoffs. He copied everything onto a clean drive, then, as Neha instructed, he ran the "WIPE.BAT" file. The portable AutoCAD erased itself. No evidence. No trace. Just a tired, pink Chromebook and a completed project. Another pause, longer this time
"Neha. I need a ghost."