For Immediate Release by Clancy Nacht

Author:Clancy Nacht [Nacht, Clancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eine Kleine Press
Published: 2018-06-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Lance woke to the scent of coffee, confusing because he was presumably alone in his hotel room. Without him running the room’s cheap coffee maker with the prefab dry grounds, he shouldn’t have coffee. Plus, he would’ve heard the maker burbling in its sturdy, overkill way. He must not be alone.

Tensing, Lance prepared to roll over and launch an assault on the intruder.

“You have one of those difficult passwords to crack, don’t you?” Guy sounded pouty rather than angry.

Lance sighed and rolled over to see Guy sitting at his laptop frowning at the password screen. “I work in tech.”

The night before was clear to Lance; he hadn’t gotten drunk after discussing poll results with Elliot and Corey, though they’d had celebratory drinks at how well Elliot was doing personally in spite of numbers that highly disapproved of the positions he took. They’d gotten wind of the rumor that Gilbert would pull out gracefully after the South Carolina primary, and today’s task for Lance was to go through a stack of potential running mates for Elliot with an eye to optics.

Investigative and deep oppo research would be undertaken on the handful of candidates that Lance, with Jeff’s assistance, would pick out. None of that explained Guy’s presence, unless he was early to collect the names, but Lance didn’t think so.

“I feel like if I knew you better I could crack this.” Guy took a jump drive from his pocket and inserted it into the USB port. “Online, your life’s an open book. Lance Gatsby, graduate of the University of Texas. Swimming. Decent grades, nothing exceptional. Nothing that would explain why anyone would want to kidnap you or how you’d be able to defend yourself against people who aimed to. You don’t add up, Kitten.”

“And you think that someone wily enough to fake an entire presence online with a deep, dark secret life would have an easily crackable password?” Lance sat up and reached from the bed to snatch Guy’s coffee.

“That part adds up, yes.” Guy tilted his head and smirked as he held keys down to reboot Lance’s computer from the USB.

Lance raised a brow and sniffed the coffee, then sipped it. “You also believe someone with that many secrets would store them all on an easily portable electronic device?”

“You’d be surprised what overconfident people do.” Guy watched as the boot from USB failed. He frowned and tried it again.

“I mentioned working in tech, right? Surely you know about Talia and what she can do. Were I you, I’d toss that USB. Or only put it into a computer you want destroyed.” Lance took another sip of coffee. “You got my order spot on. I give you that.”

Guy exhaled, pulled the USB drive from Lance’s computer, and pocketed it. “Who are you, Lance Gatsby? Don’t tell me you’re some sort of kickboxing champion.”

“I’m not some sort of kickboxing champion.” Lance swigged the coffee and slipped from the bed. “I need a shower.”

Guy stood and blocked Lance’s progress to the bathroom. “You need to tell me what’s going on.

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