The Enigma Strain by Nick Thacker
Author:Nick Thacker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Chapter Thirty-Three
AFTER THEIR ENCOUNTER WITH THE shopkeeper in Mud Lake, Julie decided it would be best to check in with her office and see if they had anything new. As they drove in silence, she checked her phone again to see if she had service.
âAnything?â Ben asked.
âNot yet,â she answered, âbut I remember there being a few bars outside of Twin Falls. Once we get back to the major highway, Iâm sure itâll work.â
âWeâre only a few miles out. Keep checking.â
In a few minutes Julie saw her cellphone light up with a single bar of service, and a minute later, a quick vibration told her she had a waiting voicemail from Randall Brown. She played it over the phoneâs speaker so Ben could listen in.
âHey Julie, itâs Randy again. I checked SecuNet for anything strange. Everythingâs working properly, but I did find something odd. Livingston put a mail forward on Stephensâ email account â anything heâs sent in the past forty-eight hours went straight to him. Thatâs probably why you havenât heard anything.â
Julie looked up at Ben, shocked.
âAnyway, I didnât delete the forward. Livingston would know that I was in there right away if he stopped getting Stephensâ updates. Still, if he decides to log in to SecuNet again, heâll see my timestamp there. Iâm kinda between a rock and a hard place on this one, Julie, so let me know what you want me to do.â
âYouâve got to be kidding me,â Julie said.
âDo you think Livingstonâs paranoid about something?â Ben asked.
âThink? I know he is. Livingston is the epitome of paranoia, but still â interfering with a government investigation like this? This is crossing the line.â
âHe is your boss, though, right?â
âYeah, he obviously has the power and oversight to be able to âlisten inâ on field communication, but he canât totally prevent the flow of information like this.â Julie shook her head, staring down at the phone.
âWell, what do you think heâs up to?â Ben asked.
âNothing. I mean, I donât think itâs like that,â Julie answered. âI think heâs just trying to reign me in. Seems like heâs always had a problem with me. Iâm, uh, not really one to check in every ten minutes, you know?â
Ben smiled. âYeah, I picked up on that. So, you think heâs just playing it safe? Trying to make sure heâs got all the cards?â
âI guess, but it still makes it a little pointless to be driving around out here, trying to figure stuff out, if heâs just going to block us at every step of the way.â
âNo doubt, but it sounds like heâs not thinking in terms of whatâs best for the investigation,â Ben said.
Julie nodded, looking out the window. A sign for Twin Falls alerted her to their distance from the metropolitan city. 135 miles.
âHow far are we from Idaho Falls?â
âIâd guess about an hour, maybe less. Weâre coming up to Highway 26, which goes back that direction. Why?â
âThereâs a regional airport there. I can hitch a ride on one of the smaller jets if there are any going out today.
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