Chapter 5: A tall man casts a long shadow
It was October when everything crumbled around him.
Andrew, who was splitting his time between his new project, trying to contact his girlfriend, and Maxwell, so it came as quite a shock when a company wide email was sent out.
He had been right. Someone had hacked into the system, but what they had done was far worse than anything he could have imagined.
They had stolen information on several secret projects and had sold that information to their competitors. Andrew had been floored something like this had happened. They hadn't listed the projects, but instead listed the departments that had been affected. Andrew had been horrified to find his girlfriend's department listed.
No wonder she hadn't had time for him. She'd been dealing with a bomb going off in the company.
Andrew headed into work, knowing that they had no doubt been working on the investigation into who or whom had done it, and attended the company-wide meeting with deep concern for those involved. He even spoke with his coworkers about his concern for the others.
Until he was called into his boss' office.
Thinking it was about his project, or to ask if he'd seen anything strange when he was with his girlfriend, Andrew was blindsided by the harsh vibe he could feel when he entered the room. That, and the company president was there as well as his girlfriend and the head of her department.
Confused, Andrew stopped in his tracks, unsure what was going on. He was surprised when a guard pushed him into the room and closed the door behind him, forcing Andrew further inside. The guard then stood by the door, arms crossed, clearly trying to intimidate him.
His girlfriend was crying, while everyone else had a tense expression on their faces.
"What is going on here?" Andrew asked, confused. His hand fell to his side, the papers he held there rustling as he looked around the room. His boss, who he had been joking with only yesterday, had a rather serious, and angry expression.