he security breach looming large was still quite a problem he had to deal with, but the churning in his mind was over the talk he had to have w

at the time on the wall and waited for the meeting, impatiently drumming fingers on the table. He had asked Olivia specifically that she should

worried. After locking the door, she sat opposite Alex on the small table set between the bed a

'' was all that he said. "Hello, how are you? Welcome. M

e put the vulnerabilities on the priority list and are in the process of appl

you. I am glad you asked me that. I

g of the verdict. "I have something else that I want to discuss with you, but I fi

oser to the door, wondering what t

known threats-emails and text messages, to be precise-telling me they have sensitive informatio

rowed. "What ki

yet; they have just threatened, just enough to le

n a situation that was already not easy to manage. One query that mos

of identifying the origin of the messages with them, but I felt it prude

ously mulling over what had been told to him. "This complicates things. If some

worried about. I lack information on who i

at the city. He was thinking about several options. Ze was higher than he had thought at first. "W

ot look defeated. "Most of the time

his phone. He looked at the screen, and

ms that some people don't want our company to have a clean slate;

the last thing they could ever have expe

something more or less li

On my

em: Ethan just told me that someone has been investigating the history of

it." That's terribly wrong. It's as if they are out

. "This is a very serious issue, and I think we should be a

the room looking rather determined. He glanced around the r

tion of events. Ethan was still listening, and the harder he sat

hought for a while. "It goes without a doubt that we are dealing

departments to find out where the threat is coming from," the director said passionately

ing in touch with some people to find out wh

hem, but there was apprehension too. "I will inform you of anythin

left on their own. The tension filled the room; the feelin

hing with which I wonder if it is connected with what we are investigating at the moment. Having gone thro

information could be pathetic if it

that should be looked into. I didn't want to raise the issue yet due to the recent sec

e table. The potential of the leak could just be the start of th

ext level of their investigative process. "I will immediately start invest

with the open conflict between him and Olivia, caused a storm of undecided events. He understood that they were at a latitude where the

ent and direct for their company, but the consequences of it are not only shocking; they are ominous. No matter what was coming ne

ooking at the papers on his desk. Never before had so much been a