Downtime: A Titan World Novella by Karyn Lawrence

Author:Karyn Lawrence [Lawrence, Karyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense
Published: 2018-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Pretending to be nervous wasn’t a huge stretch for Parker right now. He hit the hallway and turned to face the tour guide, who looked concerned.

“I’m better now,” Parker said. “I think it was the lights.”

“I can call and have someone take you where you feel comfortable.”

“No, no, I’m good. It just felt like the walls were closing in when it got dark.”

Robert looked cautious, but understanding. “Like I said, it happens all the time.”

There was a bench nearby, so Parker took it. He needed to get rid of the tour guide as quickly as possible. Every second spent here was one less he’d get in the server room. “I’m good. Lemme just sit here and get it together for a few minutes. I’ll be fine.”

The guy was skeptical. “Are you sure? Usually the decontamination shower part of the tour is what gets the claustrophobics.”

Robert meant well and was just doing his job, but Parker needed to move his ass. “Is it dark in the shower?”

“No, but it’s small.”

His tone was pointed. “I’ll be fine.”

Robert brought his eyebrows together and looked down the hallway as if considering something. “All right. I’m not allowed to leave the group unattended. If you need a restroom, it’s just up there. If you want to leave, there’s an office at the front where we came in. Someone will be able to help you, and let me know what happened.”

“Sounds good. Thanks.”

He gave Parker a smile that seemed to say, “Good luck” and disappeared into the media room.

The thud of the door closing behind the tour guide was a starting pistol. Parker tore off the bench and hurried toward the exit, then double-backed the way he’d come, only this time he flattened himself against the wall, staying out of the surveillance camera’s field of view. If anyone was paying attention to him, it’d look like he’d taken off for the bathroom.

The tour guest pass was taken off and tucked in one pocket, and then he dug into the other, pulling out the keycard he’d finished cloning this morning, and a tiny bottle of fog spray. He had to move as quickly as possible, not just because he had a short window to work with, but he had no idea how often people roamed this hallway. Avoiding cameras made a person look shady as fuck.

He got as close to the door of the server room as he could without being seen, and took a breath. Assuming the cloned keycard worked, he had no idea what to expect on the other side of the door. If there was a technician in the room, would they buy Parker as one of their own? He didn’t have the typical IT guy look.

Whatever. He’d figure out how to deal with the situation when it presented itself, which he couldn’t do from this side of the door.

He held the bottle under the camera and pointed the nozzle upward, then misted a single spray. It’d haze the lens for ten seconds. Not enough to lose picture, but it’d blur everything and render facial recognition impossible.

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