AMANDA's P o V ~~~       "Get your side ready. The recording is on our possession now and we are on our way to the station."   Amidst the sound of tires screeching at the background, I heard the melodic voice of Ms. Smith speaking to me. It took me a while before my brain was able to process the information that I just heard. But the instant understanding dawn on me, my eyes bugged out. For a split second, a silly thought crossed my mind as I start to wonder if they made a pact with the devil. I knew that this idea of mine sounded nothing but absurd. However, the fact that I just had a  conversation with Ms. Nordstrome last night and then on the very next day, they were calling to inform me that they already got what we needed was what left me stupefied the most.   "Just how fast you guys could get things done on yo

Left with no choice, Mr. Yakamura started making his way towards the exit along with his men. Today was supposed to be a big day for him as well just as how important it was for Mathilde. They agreed to be business partner and planned to venture robotics together. In fact, Mathilde let him in to her plan of stealing the idea from the Alpha Tech team and he did not say anything against it so long that his IT team would be the one who would take credit on this one. Indeed, birds with the say feather, flocks together. However, the last thing that he would want to happen was for his name to be dragged with a murder case while he was overseas. Getting himself involved to this would only make things harder for him. He did not want to attract unnecessary attention towards even if it was bad publicity. Thus, as soon as Mathilde gave him the signal, he left right away with no question asked. He left without uttering a single word

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

'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

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