A Dangerous Year by Kes Trester

Author:Kes Trester [Trester, Kes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620079065
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Published: 2017-09-25T18:30:00+00:00

t the appointed hour that night, I reported to the security offices. As soon as Major Taylor closed her door and flipped on the desk lamp, I told her about the bugs planted in our room.

Her body stiffened. “What kind were they?”

I regarded her blankly. “I don’t know… the listening kind?”

She leaned against a corner of her desk and folded her arms. “Depending on the make and model, we might be able to discern if they were just installed, of if they’ve been there for a while. Do you still have them?”

I shuffled my feet. “Well, no. I might have flushed them down the toilet.” I mean, really, how many people were likely to get bugged around here?

She exhaled a frustrated sigh at my rookie mistake.

“At least I can tell you where Hayden’s been going at night.”

“Where?”

“She’s been going to the upper boy’s dorm to do homework with her brother. Which brings me to my next question: why didn’t anyone tell me Stef was Hayden’s half-brother? Isn’t anyone worried about him?”

“You are an untested field agent. Until proven otherwise, you will only be given the information necessary for you to accomplish your job. As for the boy…” She shrugged.

A flush of righteous anger on Stef’s behalf stained my cheeks, but expressing it would accomplish nothing.

She picked up a paper from the top of a stack. “Incidentally, we got a report from the Bridgehurst police that two men were attacked Friday night in the parking lot of the Stop & Shop by two young women driving an expensive car. Do you know anything about that?”

I steeled my expression to remain as neutral as possible but was still grateful for the long, concealing shadows thrown by the room’s only source of light. “No, ma’am.”

“Hmm,” she murmured. “It does match up with the time you and the Frasier girl were off campus.” Her voice held a trace of humor, letting me know she didn’t believe a word of my denial, but she wouldn’t be losing sleep over a couple of yahoos. “Very well. Is there anything else?”

“Actually, there is.” I told her about my reconnaissance of the campus, and what I’d observed of the school’s appalling lack of security. If that drone had been sent to check the place out, whoever controlled it now knew, too. “But what difference does it make if she can leave without a security detail anytime she wants?” The irony of those words coming from my mouth was not lost on me.

“You mean actually bring this place into the real world? That’s a laugh. I should march you into McKenna’s office. Maybe you’ll have better luck convincing the old bat she’s living in a fairytale.” She tossed the police report back on her desk with disgust. “She’s so concerned with her precious image that she hasn’t even allowed us to install closed-circuit cameras outside the school buildings.”

“I don’t understand. How could that be an image problem?” Surveillance devices were so small and discreet these days, most of the time you never knew they were there.

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