Getting A System In A Modern World

Chapter 95  Breaking The News To Kim

Silas took Alex to a random restaurant for lunch.

Unlike what one would think of someone of his wealth, Silas still preferred to eat food from common restaurants as he felt that they offered the same thing as those upscale and high-end luxury hotels, with the only differences being that the latter offered class and sometimes exclusivity—something that most of the rich and wealthy valued greatly.

After they had their lunch, Silas also made sure to order a take-out for Kim before they left.

By the time they got home, it was already evening and Kim was home.

"Hey. Where did you guys go?" Kim asked when she saw both of them walk into the house.

"I went to pick up Alex, and we decided to eat out as you were still at work, and also get you something," Silas replied.

"I see," Kim said with a nod. "You can keep the take-out in the fridge, I will have it later. I was about to go into the kitchen and start preparing dinner. Let's eat something healthy for the night," she said, looking at Alex with a smile.

The little boy nodded at her and went up to his room to drop his backpack and freshen up.

After Alex left, Kim made her way to the kitchen and started preparing dinner for the family.

Silas followed Kim into the kitchen and went to drop the take-out in the fridge, as requested by Kim.

"How was work today?" he asked.

"Great. Things are going smoothly. Too smoothly actually, and I can't help but have a bad feeling," Kim replied as she continued what she was doing.

Silas was a little taken aback when he heard her response.

'She's having a bad feeling.'

Silas was curious to know why she was having such a feeling. Considering Kim's years of experience that helped her to sharpen her instincts, it would be very dumb of him not to want to know the reason for the bad feeling she's having.

"You're having a bad feeling? Can you explain more?"

"Well, it's not intense, but it's a feeling of unease. I feel like I'm being watched by someone or something. I don't really know. This feeling started like two days ago and it keeps getting stronger each day."

Silas narrowed his eyes at Kim's reply.

'She's being followed.'

Silas immediately contacted LUNAR and asked her to scan his surroundings and the office surroundings for any suspicious individual. He wanted to know the rat that was spying on him and his family.

He also told LUNAR to investigate every single worker that Kim employed as he knew that it's also very possible for the rat to be from inside.

Less than half a minute later, LUNAR sent all the information she had gathered to Silas, and he started going through them.

After he was done going through the information, a sinister smile bloomed on Silas' face.

'Two in the neighborhood, four in the office surroundings, and two at work.'

He decided he would deal with those in the neighborhood first, but that would be later.

"Oh yeah, I also got a call today from Microsoft. They said they want to set up a meeting with us and discuss a partnership deal. Not only Microsoft but also other big companies have been calling us since yesterday, either for partnership or buyout. It seems we attracted more attention than we expected, and the unwanted ones at that," Kim said.

She had just remembered the partnership deal call she got from Microsoft, and it made her remember the previous calls that she had received.

'It seems like they are getting serious,' Silas thought when he heard what Kim said.

There's no way Silas would be willing to go into partnership with another company or sell the company to anyone.

Doing either means that he would allow them access and the opportunity to take the technology away from him. Not that they would succeed, but when they see how advanced the technologies he possesses are, then his life and that of his family will be in danger.

They say wealth is the downfall of a poor and weak man. One would only put themselves in danger if they acquired wealth beyond what their power could protect.

Just like before, Silas told Kim to refuse them if they were to call again, but he knew that this would only be temporary. If they were to get desperate, then things might get ugly, but he wasn't that worried as it would take time for them to act.

"Silas, when do you plan to visit the office? You know you will have to show and introduce yourself to the company one day, right?" Kim said, as she paused what she was doing and turned to look at Silas.

"It's been almost a week since the company was incepted. The workers want to know who they're working for and who's the genius or group of geniuses that designed an AI that's going to give Anthropic AI and OpenAI a run for their money," she added, and continued her cooking.

Silas had already been thinking of this before Kim mentioned it. He knew that he would have to go to the office one of these days and introduce himself to the workers.

No matter how much he wanted to hide himself from the public, it's still inevitable that he does that.

Now that he thought of it. Why is he actually hiding himself from the public? Why the intense feeling of paranoia? He has definitely not committed any crime so as to say neither is he planning to commit one, then why is he trying to live like a fugitive?

Yes, he felt that his paranoia and actions are like those of a fugitive. He knew that the reason why he's behaving this way is because of Mr. Yusmairobi's first action of asking the FBI to investigate him, but that request has been retracted by the old man and LUNAR had made sure that every information the agency and other agencies had on him had gone poof.

'And here I was talking about Alex's inability to interact with others outside the family, while I'm here trying to hole myself up and run from what is not chasing me. Tsk.' n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"I will be there tomorrow," Silas said.

He decided to go to the office tomorrow, introduce himself, and take care of the rats in and around its vicinity.

Even though he didn't want to put his face out there, he had to change his approach to things.

Kim nodded at Silas' response and smiled. She was very happy doing one of the things she loved again, and she's grateful to Silas for that opportunity.

Silas was about to leave the kitchen when he remembered something. He hasn't told her about Lucas' arrest and his company's current situation, but he felt that it would be inappropriate to give her the news when she's busy cooking because he knew that she might break down from the news and burst into tears.

Silas decided to give Kim the news after they'd had dinner, and he left the kitchen.

Dinner was ready and served a few minutes later. The family gathered around the dining table and ate their dinner quietly.

After they had dinner and the table had been cleared, Silas sent Alex up to his room to brush his teeth and go to bed.

After it was only he and Kim in the room, Silas decided to give her the news.

"Kim, Lucas has been arrested and he will be tried soon."

"What did you say?" Kim asked with shock and disbelief clearly written all over her face.

A feeling of happiness was about to burst forth from her heart but she suppressed it. She just couldn't be happy yet. She had to make sure that it's completely true and considering Lucas' influence in Oakland, would he be truly tried by the court? And even if a miracle happened and he's tried, would he be sentenced?

She found it to be very unbelievable. The incident that happened to her and Chris was years ago, and she knew that if nothing changed, then Lucas' influence would have increased greatly, right? But why was she being told by Silas that Lucas has been arrested?

Silas heard her response and saw saw her reaction to the news, and he smiled in understanding.

If he was to be honest, he would have not been able to get Lucas arrested without the help of all the incriminating information that LUNAR gathered on his acquaintances.

"Yes, Kim. It's true. Lucas got arrested and his company is under investigation for different crimes and violations. He will be tried and sentenced for his crimes," Silas said, assuring her.

A smile bloomed on Kim's face when she heard this and her eyes started becoming moist.

"Will he really be sentenced?" she asked, as streaks of tears came running down her cheeks showing that she failed to successfully hold back the tears.

"Yes, I made make sure of that. He won't escape this and he will pay for all his past crimes," Silas said as he tried to comfort her.

He wanted to hug Kim and comfort her when he saw her crying but he felt that it might be inappropriate and him overstepping his boundaries, so he could only use words.