Spy Snow Leopard (Protection, Inc. Book 6) by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zoe Chant
Published: 2018-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Fiona’s Story

I loved my father.

My mother died having me, so Dad raised me. He was a mechanic. When I was a little kid, I used to hang around his shop. At first I’d just pass him his tools. It was our game. He’d hold out his hand and say, “Torque wrench,” and I’d hand it to him, like he was a surgeon and I was a nurse. The people who brought in their cars thought it was hilarious. By the time I was seven, he was teaching me how to do basic repairs. For my ninth birthday, he bought me my own tool kit, with tools small enough to fit my hands. I wish I still had it...

That was the year he died. A drunk driver hit his car while I was in school. Dad was killed instantly. The driver was barely scratched. He was a rich guy and could afford a good lawyer, and he used it to get probation. Never served a day in jail.

Mom and Dad didn’t have any family. We were it. So I was placed with a foster family. I said I didn’t want them, but they told me it wasn’t about what I wanted, it was about what I needed. I said I didn’t need anyone. They didn’t listen, of course. So every time they took their eyes off me, I smashed everything in sight. They finally couldn’t take it any more, and sent me back to the social workers.

Right away, another couple wanted me. I guess I was a cute kid. But the man made the mistake of telling me I could call him Daddy. Two sets of replaced china later, I was sent to a group home. And I stayed there.

It wasn’t a terrible life. I definitely liked it better than foster parents trying to get me to love them. The food was institutional and my clothes were cheap and I didn’t get any luxuries, but luckily it was near a public school with a good science and technology program. It had an electronics lab where I could tinker to my heart’s content. It also had a computer lab, and a teacher who used to work for Google. I ended up getting a scholarship to study computer science.

College was fine. I did well. My professors liked me. I didn’t make any friends, but I hadn’t in school or the group home, either. It didn’t bother me. I told myself I didn’t need anyone. I wanted to learn everything I could. Not just about computers, but finance, too. I had a goal in mind, and it wasn’t to be the top of my class.

When I was nine, I’d made a promise to myself. It was to get revenge on the man who killed my father.

So I kept tabs on him. For thirteen years. It was easy; I was still in the same city, and he was all over the internet. His name was Jared Kelly, and he owned a pharmaceuticals company that was infamous for jacking up the price of medications that people needed to live.

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