Eddie Flynn 02-The Plea by Cavanagh Steve

Author:Cavanagh, Steve [Cavanagh, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, USA, New York, Criminal Lawyer, Trial, Legal Thriller, Locked Room Mystery, FBI
ISBN: 9781409152361
Publisher: Orion Publishing Ltd
Published: 2016-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

Holly must’ve left the heater on in her apartment while we were out. When she opened the door, it was like being hit by a blast from an industrial paint dryer. I checked the window and watched the Lizard and Frankie separate and take off on foot, covering loops of our route, making sure we hadn’t been followed. The quivering voice of my wife echoed in my memory – the fear in her throat as I talked her through her cab drive earlier that day. And the sound of Amy crying. I knew her cry – it was my own. And there was nothing I could do about it.

Holly locked the front door behind us, found another key for a dead bolt, and then slid two security chains across the door. David then approached the door, tried the handle three times, making sure the door was locked. He tapped the security chains and, satisfied, he took off his backpack, unzipped it, and spread out his laptop on the little dining table.

‘Sit down, David. I need to know more about this flash drive. You want me to pull off a miracle at the prelim tomorrow – I’m not as confident as you are. There has to be another way to get you and Christine out of this. It’s possible I can swing a deal, if I have more to bargain with.’

‘I already told you, the software taps into the firm’s accounts system. It tracks down and monitors the money trail. The feds just need to insert it into the firm’s digital network.’

His unlined, peachy face didn’t give an inch. His eyes moved naturally, not deliberately fixed, able to shift, but their intensity never wavered. He was telling the truth. Holly gave him another cold can of his favorite energy drink. He popped the tab and poured himself a fresh glass. Holly poured me a cup from the coffeepot, which had now turned the liquid into a bitter, hot mess. The way I like it. I thanked her. She gave me a tight-lipped smile in return and, as she did so, her eyes lingered on David.

‘Did you write this software this afternoon?’

‘No. I had it already. Before the firm’s security system went live, we had to test the algo and make sure it worked. This software traces the movement of the cash so that we knew the algo was really working. It was a top-level security job, because of the amounts of money involved, so I was the only one allowed to access the algo once it had been coded.’

‘And did Gerry Sinton ask you to design this?’

‘Yeah. He wanted a backup security system that takes over the firm’s client accounts if their database ever got hacked. Once a credible threat is detected, the system my company installed starts running a series of checks. Thousands of calculations per second. If the system decides there’s a risk, the security algo kicks in and the money travels for seventy-two hours before returning to one secure account.

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