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‘What?’

‘This is interesting’

‘Do I want to know?’ she asks

I slide the phone from my palm and into her lap Her eyes widen Terror It has many names Now I knoas not paranoia She was hacked Her privacy was defiled So was , with tears in her eyes, is the two of us last night tearing it up

I take the device from her and read the text that follows Of course it wants money Bitcoin, they say Thirteen hours, I see

‘What do we do?’ she whispers

I take her hand and warm it with mine

‘I’ve got this handled Don’t worry Finish your breakfast’

The floor feels funny after not being in contact with it for a fewsuch a vile abuse of power They could have done anything else but co on for years Those fucks have no idea what’s co to them

‘Bo’

‘Henry’

‘I’ve sent you an anon eet me a location soon as you can’

‘The project’

‘I’ll double your fee Whatever you’re working on can wait If you can do it by the end of the day, I will gift you with that Utility contract as a bonus’

‘Twenty four hours is all I need’

‘Good’

‘Who was that?’ she asks

‘Professionals Today ill need to stay off the digital grid as et targeted anymore’

She wipes her ht eye

‘So what do we do all day?’

She is sore and I a any more sex with her in this condition Maybe…

‘I want to know more about you than what you shared with the company on your resume’

‘What do you mean?’

‘Whoever hacked you knows you personally I want to have that sae’ And also see if it is someone she overlooked from her past

Julia grins and shs off

‘Okay Let me shower first, okay?’

‘Okay’

‘Alone, Henry I need to understand what you did to ht’

Dangerous territory I hide my satisfied smirk

‘I’ll be in the third bedrooht,’ I tell her

Tray in my hands, I move from the bed and plod towards the door I hear the taps drain their frothy water into the tub I catch a passing glance of her breast, her eye, her playful s behind her