Chapter 207 - Pieces are finally coming together (1/2)
~Fairfield~
Sarah is looking though videos of her and Aiden dancing in the mall. That happened just before she collapsed. She has mixed feelings about that day, happy that she got to spend such a precious time with her loved one, and unhappy that she experienced being so helpless for the second time in her life. The difference between this time and the first one is that now she was with Aiden, and not with Philip.
She still remembers his expression while he held her... Seeing Aiden so worried made her heart ache. Sarah told herself that she will not allow anything like that to happen again. She will train, be stronger, be faster, be smarter… take care of herself, and be extra careful. She is not alone anymore and seeing him hurt makes her feel pain more than when she is hurt herself.
Sarah got her phone and texted her mom: ”Mom, is there some training that can teach me to be more aware of any danger in the area?”
Sarah looked at the text she just sent and thought how ridiculous it must sound. But, if anyone knew about any technique like that, it would be her mom. Stella taught her many skills, especially for defense and attack. Something that common people could not even imagine. Her mom knew a lot of mystery things, and she never revealed to Sarah from where she learned them... Sarah's thoughts were interrupted when she got a text back from her mom.
[Stella]: ”How unusual for you to ask me to teach you something”
[Sarah]: ”Well, is there such a thing?”
[Stella]: ”We never gave it a name, but we already covered some basics… I will teach third stage during next training session.”
Sarah smiled. 'So, there is such a thing! My mom is awesome!'
[Sarah]: ”You are awesome!”
Content, Sarah went back to the videos... soon she saw a familiar face in the crowd. It was unfocused, but she was able to recognize person.
She went through few more videos and photos that were giving her a better look and confirmed: Ed was in the mall!
'What is his connection to all this? Is it possible that he is the one who triggered the MX31?'
Sarah looked at others in the crowd and didn't recognize anyone else. So, the prime suspect is Ed, but she has no proof that he did anything. Even if she confronts him, he can say that he was there shopping, and ended up watching like many others.
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Aiden was investigating how Felix's design MX31, leaked and ended up in Philip's hands. Sarah pulled a chair for her and sat next to him waiting to hear what he found out.
”Here is list of employees and others who had access to the building at that time.” Aiden showed her a printout with a list of names and placed it on the desk in front of her. And then handed her another printout. ”And these are additional people who had access after that... these two lists, contain names of everyone who had access to BIDSEC since design was completed onward... And this here is a list of investors...”