Part 40 (1/2)
”What will happen, Mr Foster?” houst with a japanese accent like no other
”We've been through this before”
”Then go through it again,” homosoto ordered
Miles turned his back to Perky and sat on the couch inside where he was sure he could speak in privacy ”Listen here homo,”
Miles scowled ”In the last couple of years viruses have been becoame has intensified as the stakes have increased Are you awareno I'm sure you're not, that the experts here say that, besides our work, almost every local area network in the country is infected with a virus of one type or another Did you know that?”
”No, Mr Foster, I didn't How do you know that?” ho job to know that And you run an empire?”
”Yes, I know , and I hope you do, Mr Foster, that you work for me” Condenscention was an executive Oriental trait that Miles found unsettling
”For now, I do”
”You do, and will until our job is over Is that clear Mr
Foster? You haveand puckering his dim- ples He wanted to convey boredom ”I a job You an eht, Mr Foster”
hoht Miles
He had enough of that slant-eyed slope-browed rice-propelled er and better and harder things to concern hiinia
”What do you one” Fred Porter sounded panicked
Larry Ferguson, the Senior Vice President of First National Bank did not appreciate the news he was getting from the Transfer Departh to explain?”
he said with disdain
”Yessir, of course” Porter took a deep breath ”We were running a balance, the same one we run every day And every day, they balance The transfers, the receipts, the chargesevery- thing When we ran the a quarter billion dollars”
”A quarter billion dollars? You better have one good explanation, son”
”I wish I did,” Porter sighed
”All right, let's go through it top to bottouson knew that it was ulti