Hybrid (Brier Hospital Series Book 7) by Gold Lawrence

Author:Gold, Lawrence [Gold, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Grass Valley Publishing
Published: 2014-04-15T16:00:00+00:00

When they were ready to leave, Denise asked, “When will we find out who won the science fair?”

“They’ll announce the winners in two weeks. Not to worry, Mother, I’m a shoe in.”

“Zack! So much for modesty,” Denise said.

“I’m just kidding, Mother.”

As soon as they dropped off Ella and Adam, Zack asked, “What was all that attention about?”

“We knew that sooner or later, people would notice your talents.” Gabe said. “That was, perhaps, one of the first steps.”

“I wish that I had the chance to show them my hacking program,” Zack said. “They’d flip.”

Gabe shook his head. “Hacking may be a fascinating exercise for you, Zack, but it’s unethical and dangerous. You could get into a lot of trouble.”

“You don’t get it, Dad. I have no desire to hack, but those people, the government, security agencies, and businesses need to know what they’re facing. I just wanted to help them.”

“Wait until they ask you, Zack,” Gabe said, “or they can easily misconstrue your intentions.”

“I know that you and mother want to protect me,” Zack said, “but there’s protection, and there’s smothering. I don’t think the latter is really necessary.”

“Nobody’s smothering you, Zack,” Gabe said, “so cut out the melodrama.”

“What did they want?” Zack asked.

“They offered to help you, Zack.”

Zack thought for a moment, and then said, “I remember what Ronald Regan said about that: The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

“Well, more than that,” Gabe said. “They want you to help them.”

“They have a government basketball team—they’re drafting me as a point guard?”

Gabe put his arm over Zack’s shoulder. “May I ask a favor?”

“You don’t need to ask for favors, Dad.”

“Let’s just talk,” Gabe said. “We’ll meet them again, especially Zeru, and talk. Nothing gained, nothing lost.”

“I’m not quite sure about Zeru’s role,” Denise said as she walked to the lady’s room.

Gabe faced Zack. “Remember that she works with Jorge Moneo at the Denisovan Laboratories, the Science and Technology division in Emeryville. Her office door reads, Evolutionary Biology and Scientific Advancement Technologies. Obviously, Jorge is into more than teaching gifted children.”

“Okay,” Zack said, “but we should warn them that if they’re interested in me, first they’ve got to get past your wife. That ain’t going to be easy.”

“It's not my wife, Zack, it's your mother.”

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