A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock

Author:Anne Charnock [Charnock, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Technothrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Dystopian, High Tech, Literary Fiction, Genetic Engineering, Hard Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780957429611
Google: 5oksmQEACAAJ
Amazon: B00DWFCA30
Publisher: 47North
Published: 2013-02-10T16:00:00+00:00

Mid-morning, Hester walked over to Jayna and as she opened her mouth to speak she hesitated. “You look pale.” But immediately pressed on: “I hear you’re on to something. Eloise says you’re seeing Benjamin this morning. Well, we always score brownie points for energy intelligence.”

Jayna ignored the first remark. “It’s taken some ferreting out.”

“By fair means or foul?” Jayna attempted a smile but made no reply. “As long as the report stands up. We may need to release it as an Energy Confidential—fewer takers but a much higher fee. Copy me in on progress.”

The pain from Ingrid’s punch had given way to soreness and a hard ache. Jayna had taken ten minutes in the alleyway to recover. Setting out towards Mayhew McCline, leaving vomit on the polished wheels of the parked car, she’d struggled to keep pace with the other walking commuters. And, entering the cavernous lobby of the Grace Hopper Building for the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth time, she’d refused the doorman’s greeting and ignored Eloise on entering the elevator. As though smoothing the line of her garment, Jayna had slowly brushed her right hand from her left shoulder downwards across the slight stiffness of the paper shroud in her inside breast pocket. That’s when she decided. She would not report the incident. A mugging, for heaven’s sake. There would be so much fuss; they would watch her too closely. And she also decided on a new level of risk-taking:

An Experiment: (As Dave might put it) To fucking show them all.

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