Dopamine by Mikhail Voloshin

Author:Mikhail Voloshin [Voloshin, Mikhail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure books, crime, cyberpunk, cybersecurity, dna, electronics, genetic engineering, hacking, microbiology, neuroscience, techno thriller
Publisher: Mikhail Voloshin
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Jason descended the stairs. Rex closely followed with gun in hand. Julie kept her eyes fixed on them. “Well?”

Rex sat down on the folding chair and laid the gun across his lap. From his pocket he produced a small white package, which he laid on the table. With a rhythmic tapping of a razor blade against the metal tabletop, he chopped its contents into ever finer grains, and drew out thin parallel lines of powder.

Julie’s face lit up in an ecstatic grin. With her small body and oversized t-shirt, she looked like a child beaming at the sight of presents under the tree on a wintry white Christmas morning. But for her, the greatest present of all was the snow.

“You got any idea how much trouble I’d be in if the boss-man found out?” Rex grumbled as he worked. “We’re in lockdown. I was supposed to flush this.”

Julie stared transfixed at the rails of coke with an expression not unlike Pavlov’s dogs upon hearing a bell.

Rex rolled up a dollar bill into a tight tube. He sat up straight, tossed his long stringy blond hair behind his head, and exhaled fully. Then, in one continuous motion, he brought the rolled-up bill to his nostril, bowed his head, and traced the end of the green tube along the bottom-most line. When all the granules had disappeared up his nose, he pitched his head back, closed his eyes, and emitted a satisfied sigh.

Julie tried to body-check him off of the chair. “My turn!”

Rex pushed her away and raised his gun. “Mind your manners, little lady! Guests first. Gentlemen?”

Danny stood petrified. Jason shook his head.

Rex eyed Jason dubiously. “Numbers? You don’t want any?”

“No thanks, Rex,” said Jason. “Umm… Diggitty’s on all sorts of medication, so he can’t have any. And me, I’m too old to get much out of it anymore.”

“You sure?” Rex persisted. “It’s top-notch stuff.”

“I don’t get a high from coke,” said Jason. “I just get a headache.”

“Well shit. I hope I never get that old,” Rex grunted, rising from his chair.

He had barely lifted his rear from of the seat before Julie slid in and grabbed the rolled-up bill. She dove straight into the next line on the table, snorting it up as quickly as her nostril would allow. She held her breath for several seconds, looking like she was about to sneeze. Tears pooled in her eyes; her accelerating pulse throbbed visibly in her ears.

After several seconds of sitting motionless, she finally made a sound: a euphoric, childlike laugh.

“I can’t feel my face!” she giggled, and traced her fingers sensuously across her mouth and cheeks.

Jason watched her indulge. “Listen, Julie. You still have the vial, right?”

Julie sat in unresponsive bliss.

“Julie, the vial…” he persisted.

She abruptly turned. “Dude I can hear you just fine, shut the fuck up,” she snapped, her voice rapid and energetic. “Can’t a girl enjoy a freakin’ high? It’s my first hit in like a week, so let me fucking roll with it, okay? Christ. Buzzkill.”

“Part of the deal I struck with Rex,” said Jason, “is that you’d start the incubation.

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