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Not sure why I feel the need to say that or why I blatantly lied about where she works I know nothing I can say will ever assure Anatoly enough to call off my mission

“She’s feeling secure in her life,” I say Another lie, but I’ over her shoulder Kind of just keeps her head down, goes to work, and comes home”

“What about her kid?” Anatoly asks, and I jolt “I reht?”

I have to be careful I don’t reveal the entirety of the infor Bebe Anatoly tells me what I need to know, and he expects me to do what he asks without further question

I play stupid “I haven’t seen a kid yet She hasn’t h”

“You do that,” he replies, and there’s nohis sinister tone I expect if he wants Aaron dead for some reason, he’ll ask me to take care of it, too

For now, though, he merely says, “Keep me updated”

Anatoly disconnects the call, and I lean back intoinally consideredCHAPTER 5BebeThe Research and Development division at Jameson Force Security is sort of what I’d envisioned for raduate at MIT and before I got lured to the dark forces of black-hat hacking To work in a lab with the s thetheood

Yes, I aht now Just as I often don’t believe I’ot to be so lucky to land this

Currently, I’uide and predict outco the speech synthesis, so our AI—e’ve weirdly nanize unlabeled words and phrases, as well as categorize thes as we plan and develop missions, make hypotheses, and render opinions on outcomes

Of course, it’s still in the early days and we’d never trust Bob in ainst our own So far, he’s a pretty smart dude

The lass door swishes open, and Dozer walks through When I said I envisioned working with the brightest, Dozer fits that description He has an IQ of 170, and Kynan stole hi about everything Lately, I’ve been referring to hi than the guy behind the Iron Man mask

I’d think a for pocket protectors and thick-rilasses, but Dozer looks like a cross between a flashy sports celebrity and fashion runway ot sharp cheekbones, exotically tilted eyes, a perfectly proportioned nose and lips, and the body of a Greek god