Crow's Gambit by P A Tebbe

Author:P A Tebbe [Tebbe, P A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781734594003
Publisher: P.A. Tebbe
Published: 2020-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

THE NEXT THREE MORNINGS a different driver picked Cassie up, leaving her wondering where Gloria was. There were questions she had after talking to General Belle and seeing the photo Lizzy dug up.

Since Gloria knew the general, she’d hoped to talk to her first about him, but that hadn’t been an option. It was therefore time to seek Darrow out directly, because things were definitely at the weirder stage now.

General Belle knew more than he said and probably had his own agenda. He was right about one thing though: She didn’t have all the information she wanted to have.

She was so lost in thought she almost got ran over by a personal transport speeding down the hall of Crow Research. It spun in a tight one eighty and came to a stop in front of her.

“Hey there.” Susan bounced on the transport.

“Hey, haven’t seen you around.” Cassie glanced at the electric transport. “How do I get one of those?”

“Well you know I don’t have a fancy black stripe on my badge. I spend my time working on real world projects.” She zipped around Cassie in a quick circle, pulling up parallel to her right side facing backwards. “And you get one of these by writing a search algorithm to find Patsy the security guard’s access code for it.”

Cassie continued walking with Susan keeping pace in reverse. “What did Patsy ever do to you?”

“I’m pretty sure she ate my pudding from the department refrigerator.”

“Pudding thief, huh? I’m surprised they let her be security. Maybe they need to refine their screening protocols.”

“You’d think wouldn’t you,” Susan groaned. “Hey, some of us from the rainbow departments are going to a movie tonight. You want to come along?”

“Rainbow departments?”

“You know.” Susan held up her security badge. “Departments with red, orange, green and blue security stripes.”

“What about yellow, purple, and indigo?”

“There isn’t a yellow. Purple doesn’t usually come along. They’re a weird group and get upset because we call them violets.” A maintenance worker scurried out of Susan’s path. She smiled at him as they passed. “Indigo is a mystery. There may or may not be an indigo department. You know Isaac Asimov didn’t think indigo should be a color. Thought it was just blue in disguise.”

Cassie enjoyed talking with Susan. She was like a completely open book with life. “Thanks for the offer but I’ll take a rain check.”

Susan tilted her head thoughtfully. “Well, if you change your mind, my contact information is in the company database. Think about it and send me a note if you want to come along.”

“Thanks, I will.” They had reached the first set of doors to the black sector.

Susan peeled off down a side hallway, leaving Cassie alone. She stood outside the door waiting, unsure of what she would do when she went in.

“You know someone that hesitant to start work probably needs another cup of coffee.”

Cassie was startled to find Dale walking toward her. She hadn’t seen him since Minnesota when this all started. It seemed like a year ago but was only a few weeks.

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