SEVEN Umberto Rodrigo Gonzales Cabrera de Leon reclined in his sofa in the Astoria Suite of the Waldorf. He glanced out the window at the Gold Coast neighborhood below while keeping a keen ear to the sound of his computer accessories humming in the background. Lights flickered on the assorted electronic accessories placed strategically upon the table. Gadgets twittered and panels illustrated wavelengths upon a collection of oscilloscopes and monitors. Electronic sophistication glimmered upon the maple furniture and expensively appointed furnishings of the suite in the most elegant hotel in all of Chicago. Raised in a successful merchant family in old Castille, Umberto had attended the finest schools in the best places, preparing for immersion into the family business in Madrid. Link

