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And if I’ot security on her house so tight the chances of hi her on her own isanywhere outside this house without me or a suitable alternative

“Go on,” I urge, relieved when she goes to her tiptoes to put a kiss onwithout a hint of sex, but it speaks volu her office

When she’s disappeared, I reconnect the call to Bebe “I’et a free mo with a rough estimate of the cost And when I say drea now Anything you can i we could ever drea Do you understand?”

“As long as you’re not going to ask me to use this stuff for evil,” Bebe drawls, and it h

“Do the best you can right nohat you have Push whatever boundaries you need to I’ve got your back”

“I know you do,” she replies, and it occurs to me that she’s put a lot of trust in ood judge of character or she knows she’s got nothing left to lose “Also… if you have contacts with the FBI as I suspect you do, they have theto an exact location Of course, it doesn’t necessarilyBut if you have a favor owed there, I’d collect on it”

“When we hang up, tell Rachel to call Ted Griss,” I reply because it just so happens, I do “He oweson this”

“One ” Her tone is hesitant, al “I have an idea that ht be able to lead us to hih the internet”

“What’s that?”

“I was thinking… maybe I could lay a trap for him Let him hack his way in for some information, then I can lay some code that will reverse track him”

“But can’t he circu?”

“Yes, but I’d plant a sort of virus that will attach itself to hiet technical, it would be like leaving me a trail of bread crumbs to follow back to him, so to speak”

“You can do that?” I ask

“I don’t know It’s really just theory”

“What’s the risk? Downside?”