The Return of the Watchers (Armageddon Rising Book 1) by Denny Bennett Page A

If he gives me what I want, I’ll turn over all my shares to you, giving full control to you once again. Wouldn’t that be nice?”                                                                                     “And what if he does not give you what he wants? Why do my workers have to pay the price?”                                                                                     “That sir, is what we refer to as collateral damage,” Dantanian replied, with a slight grin.                                                                                                  “Call him, Yuki, now!” her father ordered.                                                         “I told him I would call at around nine a.m. their time. I’m sure if Dr. Lystad understands how serious you are, He will do his best to cooperate. I will contact you at the conclusion of our conversation. Is that acceptable?” Yuki asked coldly.                                                                                     “That will be suitable. April will give you a number where we can be reached. I’m happy that I have your understanding and full cooperation. If Dr. Lystad refuses to give you a sample, then I’m going to have to come up with another way to persuade him that will be far more... unpleasant.”               She bit her tongue to avoid screaming at him.                                           Dantanian and his troupe departed, leaving Yuki, Hiroshi, and her father in the conference room sitting in silence. Her father spoke first.               “Yuki, this man is trouble, and I don’t like him any more than you do, but what other choice do we have? It’s not just the family we have to be concerned about; we have to think of all the employees here that could be affected.”                                                                                                  
    She could hear the weariness in his voice and see it in his face. It pained her to see him like this. “I understand that, father, but how can I give him that which does not exist. I do not even know if what he is after is something Dr. Lystad has or is aware of. Perhaps someone else at Primase was conducting some strange experiment. I don’t know; I’m at a loss for words right now. Why is this man putting pressure on us if he wants something from Dr. Lystad? Why go through all this trouble just to get me to act? With this man’s power, he could just hire someone to get the samples, or just threaten Dr. Lystad directly. This makes no sense. Hopefully I’ll get something that Dantanian wants so we can move on.”               “Yuki, you have to understand, some men with power like to control others. He doesn’t care who he has to step on to get what he wants.  We are in agreement; I cannot see why it should be necessary to go to these lengths to extract something from the professor,” her father said as he reached for his oxygen.                                                                                                   “I think this man believes this is all a game to him,” Hiroshi remarked. “So maybe that is why he is not having a thug or gangster attack your professor directly. Maybe it is beneath him. That is my guess.”              
    Ann