Weeks had passed, and there was no news about him. The lamp of hope was slowly dying out, all ready to be extinguished any second by just a tiny wave of wind.

For weeks she didn't come out of her room. Confined within the walls of her room, she found solace in her diary. Every day she would write into her diary and her blog, expecting her Maverick to read and reply to her. Every day she scanned the comments sections desperately in search of a sign, but there was none.

The whole day she would either cry or talk with her locket, which Raymond had given to her, hoping that he would hear her out.

Although the ray of hope in her was diminishing every passing day, she still couldn't accept that he was there no more in her life. She didn't even attend the mourning prayer arranged at Katherine's place because she didn't believe that he had left her. She had left socializing with anyone, who would remotely try to convince her that he was there no more.

For her, he was like the wind. She couldn't see him, but she constantly felt him.

She was looking at the old blog post of hers when suddenly the doorbell rang.

As Mike had gone out, she had to reluctantly come out of her cove and open the door.

"Hello, David".

"How are you doing Akira?"

"Ok, I guess", and then taking a deep breath she said,

"Come on in".

Looking at her frail figure and long face, his insides churned. She looked like she had been deprived of food and sleep for ages. She had lost all the glow that she used to have on her face. She looked so much thinner and weaker like she was on the verge of being assimilated with thin air.

"So what brings you in?"

"Um... I had some official matter to discuss with you".

"With me?"

"Well of course, since you are the owner of Delphie, who else could I go to?"

She looked at David and she could see that he was also in equal pain. She had lost her everything, but he too had lost his biggest buddy. He couldn't convey his pain to anyone but deep down she understood because she had seen the bond that they had shared. Raymond wasn't just his boss, he was like a family for him.

"Well, he left us all in a sham, didn't he?", saying that she tried to plaster a fake smile on her face to cheer him up.

"Sure he did", saying that David sat on the couch.

"I think you know that technically we had won the last round in GCG, so our game is soon going to be adopted by them. So they have sent the contract details and all to us. And I would be needing your signature in it".

Saying that David extended the file towards Akira.

She picked it up, and read a few lines. She saw the end of the page of the contract where Raymond was supposed to sign, but now she had to do the deed.

She never knew that she would have to face a day like this.

Taking a deep breath, she looked at David and said,

"David you clearly know that I am incapable of taking any decisions related to the welfare of the company. So I guess its better if you take the matter under your control. You can tell me about the formalities, I can sign wherever I need to sign".

"What do you mean Akira?"

"I want to transfer the company to you".