Mastermind: A Theo Cray and Jessica Blackwood Thriller by Andrew Mayne
Author:Andrew Mayne [Mayne, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2021-09-06T16:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
PARALLEL PROCESSING
Iâm a difficult guy to like. I have very few friends. If people were pets, some would have to be dogs: everyone likes them. Others, like cats, are a bit of an acquired taste and come with the understanding that itâs going to be a one-way relationship. I think I fall into tarantula territoryâinteresting to most people at first, but only worth the effort to a select few.
Hailey is one of my friends. Sheâs put up with almost as much of my insanity as Jillian.
She even tracked me down when I went into my last downward spiral. I was too far gone to explain the method to my madness. Hell, I barely understood it.
She may have forgiven me, but she hasnât forgotten. I can tell by the way sheâs watching me from the other side of the coffee table in the Marriott hotel lobby.
Hailey is in her late twenties and runs one of the most successful mobile video game companies on the planet. I met her while trying to hunt down Forrester, and sheâs proved to be instrumental to my work on more than one occasion.
âSo . . . I got an interesting voice message a couple of days ago,â she says after we exchange hellos. âCare to elaborate?â
Jessicaâs in meetings at FBI headquarters, and Iâve been told to hang out here while I wait to be called in, arrested, or committed. I figured it would be smart to reach out to my one friend in Virginia in case I need help.
âAh, that. I was in Thailand. We were looking for a group of missing chimpanzees. I needed to fake a phone call so I could copy a suspectâs phone directory.â
âCool,â she says in that way people younger than me say cool without it actually being cool. âNo word from you for six months. Jillian worried that you were dying in some jungle, and this is after you had your psychotic break in Portland?â
âWas it a psychotic break?â I ask. âI mean, I did catch the most prolific serial killer in America.â
âAlleged,â says Hailey. âThe trial hasnât finished yet.â
âYou taking demotivational lessons from Mylo? Speaking of which, where is your sidekick?â
Mylo is Haileyâs best friend and probably the most sarcastic person Iâve ever met. Nothing I could say or do would impress her.
âWeâre running an online tournament right now. Sheâs providing commentary.â
âDoes that include reminding your fans theyâre going to die virgins?â I joke.
Hailey shakes her head. âYou of all people canât be the ultimate nerd hero and then point at other nerds and yell, âNerd!â It doesnât work that way.â
âFair point.â
âSo, the Void thing? Are you involved in that?â she asks.
âKind of. Did it affect you?â
âNot too much. We run some servers from Manhattan, but everything was backed up. It was more of a problem for some friends there. A lot of people had their entire businesses wiped. Iâm hosting a used-laptop drive to help people get back on their feet,â she explains.
âThatâs good of you.â
âGood? If people donât have computers, they canât play my games,â she jokes.
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