Nanny 911 by Miller Julie

Author:Miller, Julie [Miller, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-06T06:00:00+00:00

“WORKS LIKE A DREAM, BOSS.” Ozzie Chang hit the print command and rocked back in his chair in the GSS computer lab. “In theory, anyway.” He pulled a pen from his spiky black hair and marked a couple of reference points on the printout. “Although, I still don’t get why you wanted to run a simulation program on the old electronic locks. Are we really going to start building these again? This is like two models and a whole bunch of out-of-date source codes ago.”

Quinn squeezed Ozzie’s thin shoulder as he checked the time on the clock. 11:32. Just in time before the noon deadline. He needed to get someplace private and send the updated design to the anonymous email address. “Thanks, Oz. I’m just feeling sentimental,” he lied. There was no need to involve anyone else in this game he’d been forced to play. “I wanted to see if there was any value in revitalizing the old program.”

“Yeah, but over Christmas? I figured you were a workaholic, man, but even I took the day off to play a marathon of ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ with my buds online.”

To each their own way of celebrating the holidays. Although he was anxious to be on his way and get the job completed by the deadline, Quinn grinned at the young man. “Did you win?”

“Kicked their butts into the New Age, sir.”

Quinn breathed out a reluctant sigh and pushed his glasses onto the bridge of his nose. Had he ever been that young and carefree? Growing up had been about working to help his mom make ends meet. It was about learning to outrun the bullies, then learning to outwit them as he got older. A few times, it had been about a four-eyed kid learning how to fight—to defend himself, and to defend his mother from some of the desperate choices she had made.

It had rarely been about holiday celebrations and playing games where the biggest consequence was developing sore thumbs from too many hours at the game controller.

There was a lot to envy about Ozzie’s young-at-heart attitude. He was glad to have that kind of young energy working at GSS. “Would you email the data to my office address?”

“Sure thing, boss.” With a spin of his chair, Ozzie was typing at the keyboard again. “Email sent. Anything else?”

Quinn swiped his key card and punched in the code to leave the lab. But he paused at the open door. “Yeah. Go home. Call your folks. Call your friends. Do whatever it is you do that makes you happy. I don’t want to see you again until after the New Year. And look for a bonus in next month’s paycheck.”

“Sweet.”

“Can you lock up the shop?”

Ozzie grinned. “Yes, sir. Happy New Year.”

“Happy New Year to you.”

Quinn didn’t wait for the door to close behind him. He jogged to the bank of elevators and got inside to press the penthouse office button.

As soon as he was in his office, he logged into the company server and pulled up the email from Ozzie.

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