Cog by Wright K. Ceres

Author:Wright, K. Ceres [Wright, K. Ceres]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Dog Star Books
Published: 2013-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

“If he was, do you think he’d tell me?”

“Maybe not, but at least make him look you in the face and tell you.”

“Fine.” Nicholle tapped open a line. “Call Wills Ryder.”

A spiral blossomed into the image of Wills, pictured in a navy suit sitting at his desk at American Hologram. “I’m not in right now, but please leave a message, and I’ll get back to you.”

She almost closed the line, when Chris grabbed her hand.

“Wait. Maybe I can hack his node. Something with low security,” he said. “We can use all the information we can get our hands on right now.”

“What do I do?”

“Give me access to yours and I’ll channel the call to mine.”

She hesitated, but it wasn’t as if she had much choice in the matter. They definitely needed any and all help. She reluctantly agreed.

“All right. But that’s all you channel.”

He rolled his eyes. “Don’t worry. I’m not interested in the summer line from Paris.”

“That’s the spring-summer line, for your information.”

She sat in silence while Chris went to work, trying not to drown in her own pity. If she ever got control of the company again, she’d make sure to hire Chris’s friends and to give Arn’s family an annual stipend for the rest of her life. Nothing could ever compensate, but if it helped, she’d be glad to give it.

A year ago, she would never think to do that. So into her own world, flipping with the high art crowd in New York—painters, sculptors, photographers, models. It was the life. But then it had all started to run together. The pakz, the parties, the schmoozing. The higher up she got, the more it was expected. And she had wanted to get high. And no better place than the fashion world. She had access to the rizzest designers, convinced the best artists to hold shows at her own gallery, and had even been the subject of several photographers’ collections.

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