Teach Me by Cate Bellerose

Author:Cate Bellerose [Bellerose, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Eric

This guy needs to leave. I pretend to examine meaningless graphs of memory performance, space usage, and drive fragmentation. Anything to make it look like I’m doing something productive on the web server. Sid’s watching over my shoulder, even if he doesn’t understand a thing. If he did, he’d be wondering what the hell I’m doing by now. He’s been standing there for ten minutes, and I’m running out of complicated-looking windows to bring up.

“You know, Eric, this stuff’s like voodoo. You people are magicians. I’ll be in my office if you need anything.”

Finally.

“Sure thing. I won’t be around long.” I open the keymap. “Just making sure your server is up and doing its thing properly. Just pretend I’m not here.”

Smooth. Real smooth. It’s a good thing Sid’s as dim as he is. I’ve never been good at this sneaking around stuff. More of a frontline guy. Paul’s going to owe me a fuckload of beers for this.

Alright, if I was incriminating evidence, where would I be? I should’ve had more of a plan than just snooping around on the computer, but I want to get this over with and find something Paul can use. They have a network here. Maybe there’s some shared data or something. Sid wouldn’t know data security if it bit him in the ass.

It’s hard to concentrate. Much as I want to find evidence, my thoughts keep going back to Amber. I’ve fallen. Hard. Obviously. If I’m quick, maybe I can get this done and over with before anything happens to her. If she gets in trouble because I let her get close...

Fuck, I don’t even want to think about it. She seems so right, but letting her in right now could turn into the biggest mistake of my life. I know better. And still, here I am, with another trip to the club lined up with her tonight.

Well, fuck it. I’ll help Paul nail these guys. I have to. It’s like a goddamn movie. That means the hero wins and gets the girl. Just have to find what I’m looking for.

An hour later, and the most interesting thing I’ve found is Sid’s collection of vintage spanking porn. In his defense, it’s pretty extensive, but not what I need. Shit, spying is harder than I thought, and I’m running out of ideas.

Angry voices derail my train of thought. What the hell’s going on? I crack the door just far enough to make the voices clearer. They’re coming from Sid’s office. Paul gave me a little digital sound recorder that I pull out and start up.

“...can’t wait much longer, Sid.” It’s a man I don’t recognize, his voice gruff, threatening. “That’s the third month in a row you’re late. Tony’s been very patient.”

“Yeah, real patient.” Another voice, with a harsh accent I can’t place.

“So here’s the deal. We see you spendin’ money. Buildin’ a fuckin’ website? How’re you affordin’ that, Sid, when you can’t pay Tony what you owe him?”

“I’ve gotta do something to build up business, guys, but I.

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