Unauthorized Access by Andrew McAllister

Author:Andrew McAllister
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Mystery, Thriller, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9780988060807
Publisher: Andrew McAllister
Published: 2012-06-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

THE WALK LIGHT turned green. Tim pedaled his bike across Commonwealth Avenue and headed for Rob’s apartment building. When he got close, he saw Rob waiting on the sidewalk next to the building’s parking lot, straddling his own bike. Tim’s gut clenched when he saw Rob, but Tim pasted on a supportive smile as he approached.

“Hey,” Tim said as he stopped beside Rob. “How are you holding up?”

Rob shrugged and grimaced. “You know. I’ve had better days.”

“No kidding.”

A car turned to enter the parking lot, which forced Rob and Tim to move out of the way.

“So how far do you want to go?” Tim asked.

Rob shrugged. “It’s supposed to rain soon. Let’s just play it by ear.”

“Works for me. You lead the way.”

Tim got to stare at Rob’s back for a while as they rode slowly at first to warm up, then started keeping pace with the cars. Once they passed by Boston College, Rob turned off Beacon Street. They normally wound their way through the smaller residential streets so they had less traffic to worry about. This allowed Tim to pull up beside Rob.

“I was surprised when you called,” Tim said. “I figured you’d have other things on your mind today.”

“You don’t know the half of it,” Rob said. “I needed this bike ride, I can tell you that.”

“You mean there’s more that I don’t know about?”

“Lesley and me, we … uh …” Rob clenched his lips together.

“What?” Tim said.

Rob lowered his head momentarily, then looked up and blinked his eyes. “Man,” he said, “this whole thing really sucks.”

“I can imagine.”

Rob took a deep breath and let it out.

“We broke up,” he said.

Guilt and exultation immediately went to war with each other inside Tim. It was hard to witness such misery, but on the other hand the door to Lesley was opening sooner than he would ever have dreamed possible. He looked away, not wanting to give Rob any sense of what he was feeling.

“You’re not serious,” Tim said, his face sober once again.

“Earlier today, after the arraignment.”

“What happened?”

“She won’t believe anything I tell her. She thinks I’m lying when I say I didn’t attack the bank.”

“She’s just upset. I mean, who wouldn’t be?”

“Yeah, but still. She should know enough to trust me.”

A couple of cars passed by, which forced Tim to momentarily drop behind Rob. The two of them were biking more slowly than they normally did. Talk was taking precedence over exercise. When he was back beside Rob, Tim said, “What does your lawyer say? Is he going to be able to clear this up for you?”

Rob looked disgusted. “He thinks I did it too. Keeps trying to talk me into pleading guilty so he can work out a deal with the prosecutor.”

Tim struggled to show compassion while his insides kept up a violent wrestling match. “I always thought a lawyer was supposed to do his best to get you off, even if he thinks you’re guilty.”

“He thinks the FBI has a strong case against me and we’ll lose.

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