Ntshona by Matthew A Robinson

Author:Matthew A Robinson [Robinson, Matthew A]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Matthew A Robinson
Published: 2013-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Eve was still bathing when Lon returned to the living room with wet hair and donning the lovely, fluffy blue bathrobe.

“That looks good on you,” said Cat, who was dissecting her palm screen on the coffee table next to the sofa.

Lon’s cheeks quickly developed a sort of crimson hue. He did not know whether she was being sarcastic. “This is embarrassing,” he said before sitting down next to her on the sofa. He had brought with him, in a neatly folded pile, the clothing he was wearing that needed washed.

“You can put those on the floor for now. I’ll put them in the wash with Eve’s later”.

He placed them on the floor as per Cat’s suggestion. “What are you doing to your palm screen? Are you altering the EMP… chip?”

“It’s not really a chip, but it acts like one. I’m trying to reconfigure it to not destroy voice and motion activated systems”.

“I see. How many EMP ‘chips’ do you have?”

“If you’re asking if I’ll upgrade yours and Eve’s, then yes I will, but I need to get this problem fixed first. I don’t know how long it’ll take”.

“Okay. Where do you get the money to do the things you do? Are they funded by your company?”

“You could say that, but that particular money which comes from the company originates from donors and investors”.

“Like who?”

“Most of our investors are small companies, most of them you’ve probably never heard of, and some donations are from private entities, but our main ‘anonymous’ investor is a certain company called ‘Silvertech’”

Lon was surprised to hear this, “So you get money from Chris?”

“Yes, he’s been a major proponent of our cause right from the beginning”.

“I had no idea!”

“Of course you didn’t, not many people do. It’s too dangerous for his company to be openly associated with ours, in that if we’re taken down by the police or the government, he probably will be too”.

“I thought he would’ve at least told me, if no one else”.

“There’s more to it than that. Your brother is quite a powerful man, despite his humbleness”.

Lon was intrigued. “Seriously? How?”

“I can’t tell you, it’s too dangerous for too many people to know. In fact, I don’t even know the half of it myself”.

“Okay, so how much does he donate to you guys?”

“I don’t deal with the numbers, but he’s got us out of some really tight financial situations in the past. That’s one of the reasons I feel I need to take care of you for the time being. That, and because I’m such a nice person,” she gave Lon a huge, creepily sincere smile, which he certainly was not anticipating.

Lon smiled back at her, trying his best not to laugh.

They were both silent.

For a brief moment Lon thought he felt a connection between them. He kept forgetting that Cat was young like him, thus rarely took the time to admire her beauty.

Their moment was cut short by the sound of the bathroom door opening down the hall from the living room.

Cat returned to working on her palm screen, while Lon’s face began to glow more brightly.

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