desk at the far corner of the room.
Dr. Donald Adler sat behind the desk, presently in the middle of a phone call. He saw Bennett and Kelly enter the room and he quickly ushered them in with a hand gesture and pointed to the chairs in front of him. He finished up his phone conversation and stood up to greet them.
“Thomas!”
Dr. Adler’s shiny white hair and tan skin reminded Bennett of a doctor he would expect to see on TV. He was a kind man and had always treated Bennett like part of the family. Dr. Adler was highly respected among the medical field in the Pacific and was fortunate enough to live out his dream career on the Hawaiian Islands. It was a dream life for most. Bennett considered Dr. Adler as one of his role models, especially since Bennett hadn’t had much of a relationship with his own father.
“Great to see you, pal.” Dr. Adler shook Bennett’s hand firmly with a big smile.
“You too,” Bennett responded. “I wasn’t aware you had an office on the Big Island.”
“Yeah, my home away from home.” Dr. Adler motioned around the room. “I actually prefer it here. It’s quite peaceful. There’s a good team working here too. Smart folks.” He walked around his desk and gave Kelly a hug. “How was your presentation, sweetie?”
Kelly smiled then rolled her eyes. “Ugh, Dad. It went fine. But I’ll never be able to get them to put enough money into it. They are such sticklers.”
Dr. Adler looked at Bennett. “You know Kelly is leading development on a new Wildlife Observatory on Oahu? She is Director of Operations for the new facility. It’s going to be geared toward schools and young children.”
“I didn’t know that. That’s fantastic Kelly,” Bennett said and looked over at Kelly who was smiling bashfully. “How far into development are you?”
“Well, we’re in phase two right now. The initial buy-in has happened, but now I’m having to squeeze every dollar out of the board that I can. Needless to say, funding is going slow. We had a healthy grant up front that helped get everything moving, but we’re running out of money quick. Lots of expenses involved.”
“Just let me know if you want me to call that private investment firm in New York I told you about. I could make a call right now,” said Dr. Adler.
“I know dad, I’d really like to see this done here though. It’s for the people of Hawaii. I want it to be something they can feel a part of and be invested in.”
“Of course, sweetie. I understand,” he replied with a kind smile. “So what brings you here today? I appreciate you stopping over, but I have the feeling you’re here to ask me something.”
“You’re right, dad…I have something I want to show you.”
Kelly pulled the keychain out of her pocket and gave her father a rundown of what had occurred in the forest a few hours ago. Dr. Adler listened intently to her story and seemed to get concerned when they mentioned the man with the gun. Kelly showed him the keychain and Bennett noticed she failed to mention anything about her plans to return to the facility that evening and break in.
“Well, I’ve certainly never heard of CERTA before. This is an island, but I suppose it’s large enough that there could be establishments around not of my knowing. May I hold the keychain?” Kelly gave it to her father. He held it in his hand. “This is an RFID. Looks to be a newer model too,” he said.
“You mean, like a key card?” Kelly asked.
“Well, yes. But it’s much more than that. These devices contain mass amounts of data in a compact size.” He held it up in the light. “You see there?” His finger hovered over the gold circuit. “That circuit alone can contain over a terabyte of information. Depending on the information associated with it, it could contain access codes, programs, databases, tracking sequencers…even transmissions.”
“So you think we can extract that kind of information from it? Do you know how?” Kelly
Dr. Donald Adler sat behind the desk, presently in the middle of a phone call. He saw Bennett and Kelly enter the room and he quickly ushered them in with a hand gesture and pointed to the chairs in front of him. He finished up his phone conversation and stood up to greet them.
“Thomas!”
Dr. Adler’s shiny white hair and tan skin reminded Bennett of a doctor he would expect to see on TV. He was a kind man and had always treated Bennett like part of the family. Dr. Adler was highly respected among the medical field in the Pacific and was fortunate enough to live out his dream career on the Hawaiian Islands. It was a dream life for most. Bennett considered Dr. Adler as one of his role models, especially since Bennett hadn’t had much of a relationship with his own father.
“Great to see you, pal.” Dr. Adler shook Bennett’s hand firmly with a big smile.
“You too,” Bennett responded. “I wasn’t aware you had an office on the Big Island.”
“Yeah, my home away from home.” Dr. Adler motioned around the room. “I actually prefer it here. It’s quite peaceful. There’s a good team working here too. Smart folks.” He walked around his desk and gave Kelly a hug. “How was your presentation, sweetie?”
Kelly smiled then rolled her eyes. “Ugh, Dad. It went fine. But I’ll never be able to get them to put enough money into it. They are such sticklers.”
Dr. Adler looked at Bennett. “You know Kelly is leading development on a new Wildlife Observatory on Oahu? She is Director of Operations for the new facility. It’s going to be geared toward schools and young children.”
“I didn’t know that. That’s fantastic Kelly,” Bennett said and looked over at Kelly who was smiling bashfully. “How far into development are you?”
“Well, we’re in phase two right now. The initial buy-in has happened, but now I’m having to squeeze every dollar out of the board that I can. Needless to say, funding is going slow. We had a healthy grant up front that helped get everything moving, but we’re running out of money quick. Lots of expenses involved.”
“Just let me know if you want me to call that private investment firm in New York I told you about. I could make a call right now,” said Dr. Adler.
“I know dad, I’d really like to see this done here though. It’s for the people of Hawaii. I want it to be something they can feel a part of and be invested in.”
“Of course, sweetie. I understand,” he replied with a kind smile. “So what brings you here today? I appreciate you stopping over, but I have the feeling you’re here to ask me something.”
“You’re right, dad…I have something I want to show you.”
Kelly pulled the keychain out of her pocket and gave her father a rundown of what had occurred in the forest a few hours ago. Dr. Adler listened intently to her story and seemed to get concerned when they mentioned the man with the gun. Kelly showed him the keychain and Bennett noticed she failed to mention anything about her plans to return to the facility that evening and break in.
“Well, I’ve certainly never heard of CERTA before. This is an island, but I suppose it’s large enough that there could be establishments around not of my knowing. May I hold the keychain?” Kelly gave it to her father. He held it in his hand. “This is an RFID. Looks to be a newer model too,” he said.
“You mean, like a key card?” Kelly asked.
“Well, yes. But it’s much more than that. These devices contain mass amounts of data in a compact size.” He held it up in the light. “You see there?” His finger hovered over the gold circuit. “That circuit alone can contain over a terabyte of information. Depending on the information associated with it, it could contain access codes, programs, databases, tracking sequencers…even transmissions.”
“So you think we can extract that kind of information from it? Do you know how?” Kelly
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