Chapter 22: In Which He Is Summoned

Richard Takaheshi was sitting in the estate lounge with guards surrounding the area and Vincent standing to his side looking as if he was the closest member of the mafia family. They had been waiting for the computer experts to crack their way into the firewall software that Ashton had put up in order to protect delicate data on his laptop but so far they were having no luck, the algorithm was quite complex. "Sir, the hacker has given up, he says the coding is too complex and would take years to get through each barrier without the password" one of the men informed making Richard Takaheshi grit his teeth. "Fine. We have no time to waste anymore, we will have the direct source come here. Call Ashton, tell him to head here in no more than twenty minutes or there will be consequences, no need to say more. I will handle the rest when he is here" Richard commanded. "Yes sir" his men acknowledged. Ashton had just gotten done with cleaning up the mess that the consignment shooting betwee