THE KOLKATA SHADOWS | Chapter 6: The Goa Connection
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THE KOLKATA SHADOWS | Chapter 6: The Goa Connection
The smell of frying fish and stale beer greeted Vikram as he stepped into the beach shack. Goa's afternoon sun blazed overhead, a brutal contrast to Kolkata's humid monsoons. He'd been in the state for exactly four hours—three spent tracking down Inspector Ranjan Desai's current address, one spent arguing with the local police about jurisdiction and cooperation. Inspector Desai wasn't hard to find. The man had bought a beachfront property in Anjuna fifteen years ago, shortly after his suspiciously early retirement from Kolkata Police. Now he ran a small restaurant-bar that catered to tourists and locals alike, serving overpriced seafood and watered-down drinks while pretending his past didn't exist. Vikram spotted him immediately—older, heavier, skin weathered dark from years under the coastal sun. He wore board shorts and a faded Hawaiian shirt, the uniform of men trying desperately to convince themselves they'd escaped their former lives. He was arguing wit…
