Even though Mathilde did not physically show any sign of resistance when she was asked by the authority to come with them, on the flip side, she certainly took her time to move away from her chair. Taking as much of their time as she could by dilly dallying was the most that she could do to express her defiance. However, not everyone has the time and patience necessary for them to wait at her do her thing at her own phase.
So before Mathilde could even make them dance within her palms completely, Amanda already nodded her head to signal her men to escort the woman outside the room. On her way out, Mathilde purposely halted her steps to stop right at just when she was about to walk past Shantal.
"Things will only get worse from here."
She told Shantal with her voice laced with overwhelming menace. It was as if Mathilde was purposely trying to warn her niece about an impeding doom. However,
Shantal held her aunt's gaze until the authority dragged Mathilde away from her sight. Outside, Mathilde was fuming but she did not let it show on her face. She kept a straight face even when she walked past her secretary. However, all it took was an eye contact for the other party to know what her boss would want her to do in its absence. Meanwhile, in Mathilde's head she was thinking that none of what was happening at her was enough to faze her. She was confident that they would not find something that they could use against her. After all. she remain unpunished for years for a reason. She had long pulled the strings at the background and she would do it without second thought if the situation woulf call for it again. She would do it time and time again without the slightest hint of hesitation because she reckoned that she could just switch to a new identity if things blow out of proportion. So long as she was able to secure the techno
"Damn it!" Mr. Yakamura lashed out as soon as he was out of public eye. The he agressively three his shirt at his bed before turning around to face Mr. Takashi. "The police have gotten involved. I need to leave the country immediately. Those things that we discussed in front of 1096, last night---" He trailed off in the middle of his sentence as though he could not bring himself to say the word. "We gonna have to delete all of 1096's data before anyone could get their hands on him again." Mr. Takashi told Mr. Yakamura while they were in the middle of a conversation and when the other party was reminded of what happened, he became more frustrated because he recalled exposing himself in front of the robot at one occasion. "Make sure it is completely wiped. Are we clear on this?" If anything goes wrong, you will be the one taking the fall. Don't you ever forget about that." Mr. Yakamura let out an exasperated sigh after sayi
'As long as I have the robot, I can start anew and build another identity somewhere else.' That was what she kept repeating to herself as she sat on her cell. She repeated it inside her head over and over again as though she was actually reciting a mantra. Meanwhile, Shantal, Alex, and the others were also at the station during that time. For some reason, Jodi went missing in action but she advised them that she would be running late. At the same time, she gave them her assurance that she would come to meet them at the station as soon as she was done dealing with her presonal stuff They were in the middle of completing everything necessary to speed up the progress of their criminal case against Mathilde. But in actuality, it was Shantal's secretary who was doing most of the work. The rest were only required to attend because their individual statements has to be included in the official repo
Alex and Shantal looked at each other and right at that instant, they saw their own expression being reflected by one another's face. Meanwhile, without tearing her eyes away from Alex, Shantal reached out to her pocket to get her phone.She wanted to make a call and instruct someone to go and find her robot. But she eventually froze because she realized that there was no one she could turn to aside from her cousin when it came down to dealing with her Android Partner.With trembling hands, she slowly turned to Jodi for support and it was at that moment that Shantal realized how thankful she was to have her cousin's company at that time. Shantal could not for the life of her understand why she was so affected. She reckoned it was perhaps because the feeling of being helpless was not something she was familiar with. She was used to getting what she wanted; like everyone was at her beck and call.Shantal chew
Almost in an instant, Jodi was able to come up with a plan right away. As soon as she broke the hug with Shantal. Jodi took her own phone and started calling the Alpha Tech Team. However, this time, she chose to call her boyfriend first over Harold."Hello?"Rico picked up the call right after just a few rings but he sounded relatively distant and somewhat cold compared to his usual attitude towards her.It has not been that long yet since they started dating so Jodi wondered what went wrong because the last time she checked, their relationship was doing fine. As a matter of fact, they texted all night the other day and even went to bed with sweet messages address to each other.But even thought Jodi noticed that Rico was acting weird, she decided not to pay it heed in the meantime."We need your help. 1096 went missing."Without going in circles, Jodi
"They need our help to find the robot. 1096 was nowhere to be seen."Rico stated with distraught written all over his feature. Meanwhile, distress made its way to the group's faces the moment they learned the situation from Rico. It was not only Shantal's side who got upset after hearing the news. Apparently, the Alpha Tech team also received the news with the same degree of apprehension. Everyone was visibly perturbed because of what happened and it was clear for all eyes to see that they were all worried."1096 disappeared? That can't be."Mike muttered softly in complete denial as he could not bring himself to believe his ears. They were aware that Mathilde did something to their robot as soon as they brought it to their site. In fact, the moment the team of technicians in Mathilde's side tried to lay their hands on 1096 with the purpose of removing its GPS function, they got notified by the system right away. A
Both groups wasted no more time and as soon as they got their assigned task, they set off right away. As discussed, Jodi's team would be driving around the neighborhood in hopes to come across the robot if ever it happened to still be lingering somewhere down the street. "I think it would be better if someone will look around on foot. I will do it." Alex suggested and at the same time, volunteered his service. Since they all went to the station using a single car, it was inevitable that with their number, the car would end up quite cramped which would result in few restrictions since they would not be able to move around freely if they would stay together on the same car. With this thought in mind, Alex reckoned that it would serve a better purpose if they would spit their team more. As such, who took the initiative to search around the same neighborhood manually. While he looked for 1096 by foot, the other would drive around. &n
Alex was walking ahead of Shantal and there was at least a meter of distance between them. However, it was not that the other party was leaving the lady behind on purpose. In fact, he was deliberately taking his stride leisurely so that it would allow Shantal to catch up. Well, at the same time it was also not due to the reason of the latter being slow. On the contrary, she was even following the guy with hurried steps. It just so happened that Alex has relatively longer legs compared to Shantal. As such, it was no brainer that the guy could cover more distance than the lady even if the two of them were walking at the same pace."Where do you think 1096 would possibly go?"Shantal inquired in between her labored breath. As she was having a hard time trying to match Alex's steps, it took her more effort and as a result, made her more ragged. Meanwhile, even though the other party was aware that it was taking all of Shantal's effort just to ex