Access to Power by Robert Ellis

Author:Robert Ellis [Ellis, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9781479291922
Publisher: Pinnacle
Published: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 41

Olson sat before his computer, highlighting the thumbnail pictures of Mel Merdock doing the dirty deed with his girlfriend. Black hair, voluptuous—when he hit the delete key and the images vanished, it almost hurt.

He checked the time. 4:25 p.m. If he wanted to make the post office, he’d have to be out the door in twenty minutes.

He turned back to the monitor and brought another window up. It was a stripped down editing program that had come with the software bundle he’d purchased with the computer. Two time lines appeared on the screen. On the top, Olson had already laid out the pictures that he’d saved of Merdock with his girlfriend. There were thirty, each one carefully selected from his second and third trips through the kitchen window and up those dark stairs. The time line on the bottom of the screen carried the audio track. Olson highlighted the sound and locked it to the picture. Then he named the file Meet Mel Merdock, slid a blank DVD into the computer drive and hit COPY.

The hard drive chattered like a popcorn popper, copying his short piece of filmmaking onto the DVD. It may have been short, but the byte count on the file was huge. While he waited, he disconnected the microphone from his computer and tossed the script that he’d written into the trash. Then he double-checked the address on the mailer.

It was time to make a run for it. Far enough away so that he would be safe, but within range so that he could watch until things shook out. He needed to see things shake out, and hoped that he would be close enough to see Frank’s face when they did. Meet Mel Merdock would be a surprise—no doubt an unwanted surprise—but Olson knew that he had to take the risk now.

The computer quieted and the lights on the drives went dark. Olson ejected the DVD and slipped it into a paper sleeve. As he attached a label, he checked his watch. Time to spare. He slid the DVD into the mailer and sealed the flap. Turning back to the computer, he highlighted the picture and audio tracks and deleted the project files. Then he grabbed his jacket and headed for the door. His stomach was growling. After the post office, he thought about getting something to eat before returning to pack.

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