Dangerous Code by Stella Marie Alden

Author:Stella Marie Alden [Alden, Stella Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alden Publishing
Published: 2017-03-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Megan plots

I crack open my bedroom door. At a small kitchen table, Colin’s blue face stares into a laptop, lit up by the screen. He’s got no idea that a whole lot of badness is about to rain down like cats and dogs.

Only I can stop it.

First, I need to physically shut down the power to Jason. To do that, I need to get into Manhattan, not hole up like a coward in the woods.

Thank you Verizon. There’re enough bars to connect. While he was fussing about my shoes, I’d managed to extract my phone from the glove compartment.

Suddenly my iPhone freezes and I can’t do anything with it, not even shut it down.

“Hello Megan.” Oh my God. It’s the voice I prayed never to hear again, coming from Skype.

My heart rate skyrockets and my fingers shake so hard that I can’t do anything but stare at the vile video of my teenage self. When the awful scene finishes, a white title bar scrolls across a black screen. ‘I’m coming for you.’ Then the screen goes blank.

I’m not sure how long I stare, frozen. Then my brain kicks into hyper-focus, I reboot my iPhone by reinserting the battery and Skype to Grace. After about six rings, her sleepy face pops up onto her screen.

“Hello?”

I whisper, “Hang up and go to chat.”

Grace: What’s wrong?

Me: Mahmoud. He’s not dead.

Grace: Where R you?

Me: Can’t say. My ID’s are in my safe. Get them. I’ll contact you as soon as I can. Love U. Thx. Bye.

Grace: K. Be careful. <3

Me: <3

In the front room, Colin types away, not knowing my world has just been jilted on its axis. His face is creased with lines and every so often he rubs his eyes while sipping from a huge mug.

For a moment, I consider spilling the beans. Tell him everything. Confess.

But for all his good points, Colin still works for the government. The same government that lied and held me captive in Los Alamos. Besides, if I tell him, he’ll try to help me and get himself killed. I can’t let that happen.

I feign to be asleep, listening to his every move. When he hits the shower, I steal his boots resting by the door. Even though I flop in them they’re still better than my broken heels. Then feeling a little guilty, I open my bedroom window and climb out into the blackness. All I have to do is go straight down.

How hard can that be?

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.