First Offer (Minimum Wage Sidekick Book 3) by Lucas Flint

Author:Lucas Flint [Flint, Lucas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Secret Identity Books
Published: 2017-09-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Half an hour later, Rubberman and I stepped out of the elevator onto Level One of the Elastic Cave. While Rubberman walked out without any issue, I practically had to drag myself out of the elevator. Even though I’d managed to get to the lobby of the Munroe Acquisitions building before Rubberman and Sasha, my body still hurt from the beating I’d taken from Takeshi. I had managed to hide it long enough for us to leave the building and get into the Rubbermobile, but now that we were away from Sasha’s watchful eyes, I didn’t feel the need to hide it.

“Beams, are you sure you don’t need to go to the doctor?” asked Rubberman, looking at me as I limped out of the elevator. “You might have some broken bones or bruises that need to be looked at.”

“I’ll be fine, boss,” I said, though I winced because speaking actually hurt me. “I’ve taken worse beatings before from school bullies. I just need to take a nap and I’ll be fine.”

Rubberman looked at me skeptically, but thankfully he didn’t push the issue. “Well, all right, if you insist, but I still recommend that you take it easy for the rest of the day. And if you need to take a day off tomorrow to rest, I will completely understand.”

“No, it’s fine,” I said, shaking my head. “How did your meeting with Sasha go, by the way?”

“Not very well, to put it bluntly,” said Rubberman with a shrug. “I didn’t expect it to, but that doesn’t change the fact that Sasha probably saw the whole thing as a gigantic waste of time. I don’t think she suspected why I was actually there, but—”

“But she probably knows,” I interrupted. “Takeshi probably told her.”

Rubberman tilted his head to the side. “How would her secretary know?”

I explained to Rubberman what happened in the Data Room. On our way back to the Elastic Cave, I hadn’t explained much beyond that I’d fought someone, mostly because Rubberman wanted to make sure that we were in a place where no one could overhear our conversations. Now that we were here, I felt safe explaining my adventures in the Data Room to him.

When I finished, Rubberman rubbed his chin, a disturbed look on his face. “That explains why Takeshi vanished. I thought he might have gone to do some chore for Sasha, but he obviously went after you instead. It’s a miracle you survived.”

I shrugged. “It’s not that miraculous. Cyberkid’s invisibility watch gave me a distinct advantage over him.” I winced. “Besides, he got in plenty of good hits, hits I’m probably going to feel in the morning even more than I already am.”

“Yes, probably,” said Rubberman. His shoulders slumped. “It looks like we’re back to where we started, it seems, perhaps even worse now that Takeshi knows what we were really there for. It would not surprise me if he’s already told Sasha about his fight with you in the Data Room.”

“Do you think that will change anything?” I said.

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