He wore his t-shirt and jeans and ate his breakfast. He moved on to check his phone but it was completely drained out of charge, so he put it on charging and came back to the breakfast table.

While he was eating, he switched to the recording device to hear the pitch that was to be given by Akira in the meeting today.

He still had that device with him and he used it to listen to her voice randomly. Sometimes he would just listen to her breathe and sometimes her soft sobs which were in his memory. On nights when he missed her more than anything else in the world, he would plug in the device and try to sleep, listening to her heartbeat in the dead silence of the night.

She sounded all confident. Her pitch was going all perfect. Even though he was not in the company, he was keeping a tab on all the affairs and new deals and projects being undertaken by the company via David. So he was pretty sure that deal would be done in a jiffy once she was done with her pitch.

Because their terms of the deals were quite lucrative for any company.

But then suddenly someone interrupted her pitch.

"All this is well and good Miss. Peyton but right now based on your projections, I do not see a huge market growth opportunity for this new game. And as you know that our technology is completely cutting edge, I think we can better invest it with some other company which will be yielding us better returns".

"Mr. Takai, to be honest, I have already given you a survey of the existing market and the probable customers of your technology. And out of them all, we are offering you the highest bid for your tech. Had I been at your place, I wouldn't have thought about it twice", Akira said with a smile on her face.

"Well, of course, you would have. You are young blood and you guys work on instincts, but I am a man of experience and my experience is telling me right now that somehow this deal is not going to be that profitable. My finance team has run some projections and I feel the cut that you are giving us is quite low compared to the revenue that we will be bringing to your company".

Deep down she was now getting annoyed with his rebutting attitude.

Raymond could sense a strange hostility from that man's voice. So he immediately put on his jacket on and went downstairs.

Taking a deep breath Akira said,

"I understand your concerns, Mr. Takai. But let me first explain to you the complete project terms".

"Well I would love to hear that from you Miss Peyton, but since it's not going to work out, I guess there is no point of wasting both your and my time I guess".

He sounded obnoxiously rude and Akira was rendered speechless with his words and attitude.

She couldn't believe that these people were going to walk out on her without even giving her a chance to put forward her complete pitch. This was heights of unprofessionalism and she has had enough of it.

But before they could even get up from their seats, the doors of the meeting room were flung open. Everyone turned immediately wondering about who would dare to disturb an ongoing meeting when a Do Not Disturb sign was already placed outside the doors.

They saw a towering figure walking into the meeting room looking all calm and composed. He was dressed all casually in a t-shirt, jeans, and a khaki jacket but something about him gave a serious aura that demanded everyone's immediate attention.

Recognizing his face, Mr. Takai exclaimed,

"Mr. Walker !!! You are... You are alive?"

He was unable to recognize any of them, but given that he had met only Mr. Takai personally at a business expo a couple of years back, he guessed it was him who must have recognized his face.

So turning towards him and with a smile on his face he replied,

"Well Mr. Takai, I am in all flesh and blood in front of you. So I guess that makes me alive in generic terms".

And saying that he walked ahead and glanced at his watch and then looking at Akira, he gave her a warm nod.

She was also as shocked as others to see him suddenly coming to the meeting.

As he walked towards the chair next to Akira, everyone was looking at him in surprise, unable to believe the miracle that they were seeing.

He was well aware of the curious glances coming in his direction from all the members attending the meeting. But he was not here to entertain their questions, he was here to set the things right.

He sat on the chair next to Akira and then said,

"What did I miss?"