Mason felt a surge of hope. Once this matter is finally resolved, he could get all the credits he deserves and wipe off the stain of being an ex-convict. "We will only need to get a copy of their SVN history and get an expert to analyze it," Sean brought out his phone. "I know someone that can do that." He stepped aside to make a call. "Well, that went well," Adam walked to the kitchen. He was really starving now. "It will be a huge victory for us if we can prove the code was copied," Ben took a seat and extended one hand to pick up the laptop on the table. "It would also set an antecedent for other companies possibly in our position." They were all confused about the meaning of Jedidiah's words. When the latter saw the perplexed looks on their faces, he added, "We are not just fighting for ourselves. We are fighting for the entire tech industry." Then his words became clear and they all had looks of agreement. Other smaller companies usually encounter cases of plagiarism, but
"Boss, you want me to submit this proposal to the project's coordinators?" A familiar looking, decently dressed man with chic reading glasses peered at the file in his hand closely and then looked up at Jack Jetti with a baffled expression."As soon as possible," Jack's words were accompanied by the little sound his folded palms made on the table."But boss, we are already doing so well home and abroad. Besides, the X-force project is obviously aimed at small local companies..." The man trailed off.Actually he wanted to say, if a big company like Jetti's joins in the project contest isn't it just bullying the smaller companies?"Yes boss, he is absolutely right on this," Will had been waiting for a chance to interject into the discussion.Jack's face scrunched up in a glare that made Will shrunk in his seat. Even the personal assistant wasn't left out as sweat gathered up on his forehead."You couldn't get that bastard and the one that broke him out of jail. You couldn't find the ne
Everyone gathered around him. Although Sean didn't understand much about IT terms like others, he listened attentively to the analyst's words."Look at this," He pointed at a bunch of symbols, numbers and alphabets on the computer's screen signifying codes Sean didn't quite understand."This shows that the second party accessed Mr. Mason's code through a back door and that they copied large sections of it verbatim."Sighs of relief filled the place. Their hard work for the past two days isn't in vain."This is strong evidence that they had intentionally copied the code and not simply come up with a similar code by chance," Sean informed Mason and Adam while the analysts worked together to acquire the evidence they had just come upon.Mason's eyes shimmered with tears. He could almost taste victory."I don't know why this shit happens only when the young master isn't around," Adam ruffled his hair feeling frustrated.The three young masters had just left not quite long and they already
Even Ben looked at Jed wondering what he was talking about. Eric wasn't paying any attention. He just wanted to get away from these people, especially Jayden, that instant.He was scared he might do something extreme to vent the annoying anger he feels whenever he sees Jayden's face."You really forgot," Jed chuckled. Cullen and his companions exchanged a mutual look of confusion.What's this bastard talking about now?"You called me Jed. You called me by my name. Who was it that had to call me master some weeks ago?""You!" Cullen's face flamed with embarrassment and anger. Jed's words brought back disgraceful memories he wanted to forget.His crew were oblivious to what caused Cullen's sudden outburst. He had clearly not told them what transpired between him and Jed at school.Actually he did. He only left out the part where he was thoroughly disgraced by Jed and was made to prance around the school in a chicken suit and call him master.He just told his newly found friends Jedidiah
The voice almost caused Jed to drop his phone. He didn't need to turn sideways to know it was Liana talking but he did anyway. Her appearance made him inhale that breath of air he didn't think he needed. If anything, her beauty was stunning.And she was just sitting there beside him with an indifferent expression accompanied by that scowl that showed that she wasn't pleased.Jed was puzzled. She wasn't here just now when they took the seat. Did she perhaps sit beside him after? But judging by Liana's indifferent attitude, she must have taken the seat before noticing he was the one sitting there or she wouldn't have bothered sitting at all."Sorry," He still apologized and put his phone away. He hated to admit it but he actually felt pretty nervous sitting so close to her.Ben and Eric on the other hand shared a look of amusement when they noticed this little exchange. It's been weeks since they saw Liana but whenever they met, why does it seem to be her running into them particular
It wasn't difficult for the boys to find their first class because apparently, according to the curriculum, they were attending the same algorithm class which is under computer programming discipline.They weren't late to class but a lecturer was already there when they got in. The man's stern face reminded Jed of Mr Bo, their English teacher at Elite High."Hurry in. If you had been a few minutes late and my class had already started, you would have had to stand by the door side," even his gruff voice was strict.They found an empty seat in the center of the lecture room and settled down.The lecturer waited patiently for five more minutes as students were still trooping in.During this time, Eric and Ben had already brought out the notebooks they were going to use.When they saw the space in front of Jed still empty, they nudged him. "Dude, where are your writing materials?"Jed was fiddling with his phone, going through the stock market when they asked this. He shrugged and brought
"Jed," Eric's words sounded more like a gasp and Jed looked up. When class ended, he went back to checking the stock market again.He was dealing with the dividends he had accrued and investing in new stocks, some of which just showcased in the stock market when Eric called."What?"He didn't receive any response and that was when he saw Eric and Ben staring at his notepad in shock."What's wrong? Did I get the calculations wrong?" He collected the notepad with a frown on his face but the notepad was snatched back."You already solved the assignment?" Eric was dumbfounded. He looked at Jed's meticulously written words on the notepad sheet and felt awed again.The last time they saw a scene like this was that night at the dorm when they were preparing for their mock tests.There was not a single criss-cross on the clean sheet indicating Jed didn't make any mistake in what he jotted down.Ben chuckled; the students were complaining some minutes ago about the assignment but someone had a
Someone suddenly screamed. "Fire!" Smoke was starting to rise from the kitchen direction and the scent of something burning filled the air.Students panicked and scrambled for exits. The fire alarm was still blaring, adding to the confusion. The staff were trying to get everyone to safety but it was becoming difficult to see through the smoke that had spread rapidly.One could feel the heat from the fire and the smoke was making it difficult to breathe."Jed!" Eric coughed. One minute, they were eating lunch, next minute, they were being choked."Get him to safety!" Jed yelled, leading Eric to Ben. "What about you?" The staff were still at the entrance and exit leading the students out. Jed turned; he couldn't see anything but he managed to make out in the fog that the table Liana and her companions had previously occupied was empty.Perhaps she has gotten out. He didn't realize a sigh of relief escaped his lips at that moment."Jed?" Ben called out again. His eyes were watering. H