Chapter 53
Tokugen
Numataka lay naked on the massage table in his penthouse office.
His personal masseuse worked out the kinks in his neck. She ground her palms into the fleshy pockets
surrounding his shoulder
blades, slowly working her way down to the towel covering
his backside. Her hands slipped
lower… beneath his towel.
Numataka barely noticed.
His mind was elsewhere. He had been waiting for his private
line to ring. It had not.
There was a knock at the door. “Enter,” Numataka grunted.
The masseuse quickly pulled her
hands from beneath the towel.
The switchboard operator entered and
bowed. “Honored chairman?” “Speak.”
The operator
bowed a second time. “I spoke to the phone exchange. The call originated from country
code 1–the United States.”
Numataka nodded. This was good news.
The call came from the States.
He smiled. It was genuine.
“Where in the U.S.?” he demanded. “They’re working on it, sir.”
“Very well.
Tell me when you have
more.” The operator bowed again and
left.
Numataka felt his muscles relax.
Country code 1. Good news
indeed.
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