VegasPete : The Way You Taste

5 - Let's do it

Pete POV

It was early in the morning when I was warned that Vegas, Macau and some guests had arrived at the main family mansion. My heart started to beat fast with anxiety.

"Khun Pete!" Jenny knocked on my door bringing Venice. My baby smiled widely, opening his arms for me to be picked up, which I did without delay. "Khun Vegas ordered me to bring Venice to see you," Jenny said with her usual smile. Pol came to accompany them.I was touched that Vegas had taken such care. I barely had time to hug Venice when the room phone rang. They were calling me to a meeting in the main conference room. My anxiety soared to stratospheric levels. It would probably be a meeting with Vegas. I returned Venice to Jenny. Venice protested with a loud shriek that made other bodyguards open their doors to see what was going on.

I met Arm in the hallway.

"Hey Pete. I took a look at the second family mansion's security system files. The videos haven't been deleted. They haven't even been recorded in the last three months. I accessed remotely this morning and noticed that the system indicates that the cameras are working and images are being recorded, but absolutely no images are actually being captured. The change was made directly to the security system itself. I'm sending a team to replace the entire system."

"Three months??? I'll tell Nop about this. The bodyguards in the control room need to be investigated too. Either someone entered the command room and altered the system directly on the servers or the system was hacked externally, right?"

"When you took over the security of the second family mansion, the level of protection of the firewalls was reinforced to the same level as the main family's. You really can't rule out the possibility of an inside job...or a very skilled hacker. What's going on, Pete?"

"That's what I want to find out."

"Okay. I'll do my best to help."

"Thanks, Arm." I looked at the meeting room door. "Now let's go inside." I took a deep breath.

I nodded respectfully to everyone in the room. Vegas didn't say anything. He just nodded his head slightly. His face showed no particular emotion. It was like we were strangers again.

Arm and I came around the table, sitting opposite Vegas, Macau, Nong Yim and another man I didn't know. I felt an annoyance, but I tried not to show it. Yim greeted me with a nod and an embarrassed smile. I just gave a slight smile back.

Although Vegas and I were holding an impassive face expression, the weight in the air was almost paupable around us. I knew that everyone was watching us without the courage to say anything about this matter. Khun Kinn broke the awkward silence." Pete, Arm, we'll have to anticipate the negotiation. Vegas has brought in new information."

Vegas started the meeting.

"At the request of the client, Phi Sanya arranged an informal meeting with us tomorrow night at the Diamond Hotel's private club". The Diamond Hotel is one of the finest in Bangkok. Apparently it belongs to Yim's family... "Gu Wei's presence is expected."

Vegas pointed to the distinguished man sitting next to Yim. A very elegant man of about 30, tall and respectable. We bow to him.

"In order to meet the demand, we entered into a business partnership with Phi Sanya, represented by Yim, as they have solid connections with Chinese production lines." Vegas continued explaining, addressing Khun Sanya respectfully. 

Khun Sanya is very good-looking and has delicate features like Yim's, but his posture and presence exude cunning, security and power... which easily reminds me of Khun Korn. He smiled at us cordially before starting to speak.