Assured Destruction by Stewart Michael F

Author:Stewart, Michael F. [Stewart, Michael F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Non Sequitur Press
Published: 2013-03-20T06:00:00+00:00

With my concerns over Aina and Meeps allayed, I log in to my Apple developer account and work on Jonny’s app. Three more customers interrupt my coding, but all in all a decent day, and I even manage to forget about what I said to my mom until I hit the intercom to see if she wants pizza for dinner.

“No,” she says coolly. “Peter’s cooking tonight. He doesn’t do pizza.”

Another nail in his soon-to-be needed coffin. Who doesn’t like pizza? Suddenly, I see my chance to learn his last name.

“No Italian blood in him, I guess.” I’m trying to act casual, but it’s sounding a bit forced. “I mean, what’s his heritage anyways?”

“What are you talking about?” My mom’s voice is deeply suspicious and a little confused.

“Just saying, he looks like a Bergmann or a MacNeil rather than a Michelangelo.” I swallow hard.

“Moore—it’s Welsh I think,” she replies.

“That makes sense, the Welsh hate pizza. Okay, bye!”

I hang up. I finally have Peter’s last name, but Moore sounds way too common. I Google it to be sure and come up with thirteen million hits. Peter Moore in Ottawa is little better at ten million pages. To buy any sort of credit report I’ll need his address and social insurance number. That won’t be easy.

I check my email, actually hoping a teacher has sent me homework, but there’s nothing from school. But there’s an email from Karl. I hold my breath as I click through.

The subject line reads We support you … The body of the email continues: Everyone knows you’re awesome at tech stuff, but I’m totally amazed by you being a hacker. You have to teach me some day. One day we’re all going to be working for you. SUSPENDED, that’s cool. Annoying, I bet, but cool.

Of course, I’m happy but—he likes me because I’m a suspended hacker? Boys are messed. And who’s we? I’m betting Ellie and that sucks the romance out of the email. He’s also asked me out to the movies, to which I reply that, unfortunately, it may be cool to not have to go to school, but I’m also grounded for the foreseeable future.

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