five

'Adi-adi…look at this' Peter's voice was trembling

'Wait bro, I am going through Dan and my old chats about his work' Adi mumbled, not even glancing at the screen.

'ADI…' checking around that no one was around to overhear them '...I cracked the pattern'

'WHAT? Show me' Adi got an expression on his face like he saw a ghost just now

'Look here…these words of this line in the letter are hundred percent similar to these number patterns and if you properly compare the highlighted part…' Peter stopped talking and traced his finger slowly on words - Investigate…my…death, there…is… thing…to…find - He slowly lifted his graze toward Adi, who was fighting from a sacred shock in his mind.

'There is something to find? What does this suppose to mean' Dan's thoughts were running faster than his mind could process - what happened? Why did Dan leave this message? Did he even jump? Did someone push him? Oh god, Dan what happened with you? Why didn't he just leave us the truth? Why these puzzles?

Wait, what's in that other locked file? Anne interpreted his thoughts: 'Hey guys, I finished the interview. So, are there any updates?'

They explained everything to Anne, 'Oh my god-Oh my god, Guys we need to show this to the police'

'Do you think the police are going to believe us? We don't have any proof' objected Peter

'Yes, but there might be some proof in that other locked file' said Adi

'Yes, but we then the password for it' said Peter 'Do you think that second line "Anne, I believe in you" is our way to the password?'

'I don't see another way for now' sighed Adi crossing his arms 'Let's give it a try'

'But what does that line even mean' confused Anne in her thoughts

'It's about you, how could we know?' said Peter

Adi grabbed the laptop and clicked on the locked file, a white box appeared on the screen with 8 blanket spaces for the password.

'Try Dan Smith, it has eight letters' suggested Anne, her eyes wide open like she just discovered a nation-level information

Adi started to type but later he noticed that whatever he was typing was not coming on in the password blanks 'What the hell?'

'Maybe the keyboard is broken' Said Anne

Adi opened a random new file and typed something – it worked

'Why the hell it's not writing on the password area' said Peter

'Try numbers, you know maybe it's a only numbers password' suggested Anne again with the same amount of energy as before. Her actress glow and confidence were easily noticeable, after all, she was a world-famous actress. Adi wasn't able to believe that he was in Anne Miller's house.

Anne was the person who encouraged Adi to make a YouTube channel. It was one of his biggest dreams to meet her and he never imagined it to happen like that. He was not letting his cool down, not even in front of his Idol.

Adi slowly moved the cursor to the password blanks and pressed the number keys - one, two, three - it worked. One, two, three numbers popped up on the password blanks on the screen

Password : _1_ _2_ _3_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Peter's eyes widened. 'Holy crap, it worked!' a slight smile broke on Adi's face followed by Peter and Anne

'So, now we know it's an eight-number thing and it related to Dan believing in Anne' Said shifting his gaze toward Anne while finishing the sentence

'WAIT…' cried Adi 'It's an eight-digit password and it's a password hence it should be something easy to remember, right?' 

'I don't agree on the remembering part but yes' said Anne

Then, realization struck.

'It's a date' Adi shot from the couch

'Like a birthday?' Peter asked.

Adi nodded. 'DD MM YYYY format. Two digits for the day, two for the month, four for the year.'

'Dan's birthday?' Peter suggested.

Adi quickly started to type

Password - _3_ _1_ _0_ _7_ _2_ _0_ _0_ _5_

He pressed the enter button - incorrect password

'Nope' said Adi 'Wait maybe Anne because he talked about believing her in that line, right?' 

'What's your DOB?' said Peter

'No-no, I already know' said Adi quickly and started to type. It took him 1 second to process what just he said, but it was too late to take it back.

'How the hell you–' said Peter but was interrupted by Anne

Anne said 'You are one of my fans, righttttttt?' her face was filled with joy waves, eyes sparkling 'You googled me, righttttt?' purposely stretching the word - right - to tease him.

'N-no-no, I-I just…yes…Dan told me, I swear. Do you want proof? Let me just call Dan–' Stubbering he realized he could not call Dan anymore. There was an emotional silence.

Pain slammed into his chest like a punch.

'He won't pick my call up, right?' Adi slowly looked up toward both of them, his eyes were wet.

Peter bent a little down and hugged him tight, one hand at the back of Adi's skull 'It's okay, bro. He's in heaven, watching us. He wants us to find the truth and we will'

'Yeah' Adi sounded like he was trying to control his voice in a forced manner

Anne Standing behind both friends was almost about to cry.

They gathered themself together and Adi started to type the digits of Anne's date of birth

Password - _0_ _2_ _0_ _4_ _2_ _0_ _0_ _2_

Adi took a deep breath and pressed enter - Incorrect password

'Oh, come on!' Anne groaned, rubbing her temples.

'Anne, think about it there must be something' forced Peter using his hand movement a lot

'I don't know… believing in me? Related to him…I just can't think of anything' Anne started to get stressed out

'A date on which something happened…related to living in you' said Adi

There was a moment of silence and deep thought between the three of them.

'I don't k– wait, I think know…yes it could be it' said Anne

She bolted upstairs.

A minute later, she returned with her laptop, panting slightly.

'There's something I need to show you guys.'