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Chapter One

Jake

“Kristen?”

“Yes, sir?” Kristen’s voice cah on my intercom

“Get me Natsuo Hattori on the line”

“Right away, sir,” she replied

A few ht flash on my office phone, and I pressed the little button next to it “Natsuo?”

“Hello, Mr Middleton,” Natsuo replied immediately in his thick Japanese accent “It’s very nice to hear from you”

“I wanted to discuss a new contract with you,” I said “Hopefully, you can pass this conversation along to your boss I think it will be mutually beneficial”

“We are talking with other contractors at thereluctant

“That’s because you haven’t heard our new rates,” I told hi “Trustabout this”