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Chapter 93
“Miss Smith” didn’t like this at all. How could she have been so stupid? She had falsified information on a job application, planted illegal listening devices, tapped phones, hacked computers, and reported what she learned to her boss. The fact that the activity she reported was highly illegal didn’t make her feel any better.
She had waited for her instructions to take action and for the task force to come in. Nothing happened. Her boss was sitting on the information. Or…shit, maybe he wasn’t sitting on it, but passing it on to someone else?
Why hadn’t she seen it? He was deeply, devoutly, and hypocritically religious. He went to Mass each morning before work and kept a Bible on his desk in direct violation of government regulations. Shit! Shit! Shit! There was nothing she could do. Well, damn it, there was one thing she could do. It would mean an end to her career and jail time, but she had to do it anyway.
Her phone rang, making her jump. “This is Jane Smith,” she said as she answered. It was Robert E. Lee White.
In his mellow southern drawl he asked, “Miss Smith, do you think you could come in and see me for a few minutes?”
Could he have found out? If he had, she was quadruple-screwed. Something strange happened. She felt a sense of peace come over her. She looked at herself in the mirror that was her iPhone and was surprised to find she looked as calm as she felt. She walked quickly to the boss’s office.
Robert E. Lee White looked exhausted.
“Sit down, please, Miss Smith.”
She sat. “Mr. White, I have something I have to tell you. I haven’t been truthful with you. My name isn’t even Smith.”
Robert E. Lee White smiled. “Brenda, I know. We know you tried to hoodwink us. I hope you know that your boss was using you and none of the information you passed on to him was accurate in any way. And call me Bob, please.”
Brenda Johnson knew she shouldn’t have been surprised. Something about his demeanor gave her hope.
“I have a helicopter to catch, so I have to be fast. I’m going to tell you a story and then ask you to help us.”
Brenda listened to the story, as much of it as Bob could tell in five minutes. She heard about the attempted murder, other murders that had succeeded, sabotage, insider trading, bribery, and dirty government officials, her asshole boss being one of the dirtiest. She took it in as fast as she could. The Church of the Seven Sisters was evil incarnate. She had no doubt Bob was telling her the truth. While she listened she felt hope. When he was done telling her, he would have two choices that she could think of. Kill her or… She sure hoped there was a second choice.
Bob finished talking and said. “Here is your choice. You can come on board and help or we will have you arrested for a whole bunch of crimes. I won’t ask you to kill anybody. I simply want you to use your wonderful hacker skills to help us stop these people. Will you do this?”
“Hell, yes!” she said, forgetting for a moment that he didn’t like cussing one bit. She had a choice!