Episode 73

The air in the grand Obroye study, usually thick with the scent of aged leather and ambition, now crackled with a palpable tension. Mr. Malhotra, his face etched with a weariness that belied his usual jovial demeanor, held a faded, silk-bound journal. Beside him, Mrs. Malhotra wrung her hands, her gaze flitting between her husband and the imposing presence of Mr. Obroye. The "first clue" from Episode 18, a relic unearthed from a dusty attic trunk