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She’s always loved me unconditionally It’s rate into a somewhat normal life

“Fine,” I drawl, s” But then I take a deep breath and bellow, “Aaron… come on We’re late”

“He can’t hear you,” she says again with a sage look of wisdo to his music”

With a sigh of frustration, I toss the apple in his lunch bag and stoht a house this size anyway We only need half this much space He’d be able to hear me then”

But as I iven the choice to buy this house or a sone with this one I wanted Aaron and iven the hell I’d put theone for seven long years When I’d been sentenced to prison, Aaron was three years old I’ll never kno hard it was for hiently brought him out to visit ht so it wasn’t often enough It was usually enerosity of family members who pooled their funds sodrive out there from Ohio Beyond that, I had to make do with phone calls to try to develop whatever type of relationship I could with , we’d coh letters, but that had been a horrible way to have a mother-son relationship

I’ kid in the entire world He’s bright and wise beyond his years, but he’s empathetic to the terrible situation I’d placed myself in

Yes, it’d been beyond reprehensible I got involved in black-hat hacking to begin with I shouldn’t have turned to cri as a newto help take care of a sick mother at the same time

But then I was in too deep The things they asked me to do becareat When I tried to back away, I was reed to them forever The insurance policy they had to ood little hacker was my son, Aaron The threat was laid out all nice and clean… I was to do as I was told or Aaron would die

It was that simple

The only way I could get ht I was tasked with hacking our government’s complex framework to steal nuclear codes It was the hack of all hacks, and Iet away froood conscience—put people’s lives at risk like that Besides… I love my country

So, I intentionally got caught My hope was if I went to prison, I’d at least be out of the clutches of the organization I worked for while Aaron and my mom would be free of my sins

I should have been destroyed when I was handed a thirty-five-year prison sentence, but I couldn’t be The relief I’d felt over not having to worry about Aaron’s life being at risk anyreat It made it easy to do my time with a clean conscience

Pausing after I lance over the railing at the living rooht new furniture and pretty artwork before weto make this a real hoo, I was in prison and receiving a surprise visit from Kynan McGrath

Oh, the ego he had, striding into thatnuts, but damn if I didn’t walk out of the prison with him that day

A free woman and an official employee of Jameson Force Security

The power Kynan co I suppose he’s done so reat work for them that he can pretty much name any price In my instance, he wanted one of the best hackers in the world to work for hi in a four-hundred-thousand-dollar house I never could have afforded—not even inmet Kynan McGrath

Needless to say, Jameson pays me extremely well for my talents, which are nohite and pure as snow