The Long Fall: Book 1 of the Thrilling Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series: (The Long Fall - Book 1) by Logan Keys & Mike Kraus

Author:Logan Keys & Mike Kraus [Keys, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Muonic Press Inc
Published: 2018-01-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Cybercorp Headquarters

New York City, New York

“Bob, you’ve been with the company, what? Ten years?”

“Five, ma’am.”

“Five then,” Reese says, biting the words through her shiny white teeth. “And you are well on your way to a nice comfy retirement, am I right? You have stock in the company, thanks to your partner Al and his wise decision to invest. He showed you how to make your money work for you, is that right?”

Bob wants to ask why she’s talking like that, like she’s in front of hundreds at a conference and not just him and Al sitting across from her. And also, why is it that Reese Leeward never said just one thing? When she speaks, Bob surmises, it’s so gucked up with layers that it makes his head hurt to try and source the meaning. But instead of pointing it all out and getting canned in a hurry, he nods like a good worker bee and lets her drone on about how he’s in a cushy job now since leaving the marines. Because it isn’t a lie; Cybercorp takes good care of him, the wife, the kids, and now even their grandkids, and he’s got great medical compared to the VA and loads of bonuses and time off at Christmas. But one thing nags at Bob more than any other, and that’s just how far down does Reese’s rabbit hole go?

Reese clasps her hands in front of her. “I know you saw that Brian left us in a hurry. I know you heard the way he spoke to me upon leaving, and I’m certain that you are aware that now, even after all we’ve done for him, the same as we’ve always done with you, Brian has sought out the New York Times and he means to do us harm.”

“I heard him,” Bob says. “But I wasn’t aware of the rest.”

A small crease finds its way perfectly in the middle of Reese’s forehead. “It truly pains me to see him like this,” Reese says, placing her hands in her lap and looking down. She is trying, Bob thinks, to seem sad, or maybe like a normal human might seem about such circumstances, but instead she sort of resembles a beautiful statue that’s about to smile, or laugh, or even scream maybe—the Mona Lisa if in fact the Mona Lisa had the hair and makeup of a severe corporate executive and seemed on the verge of popping a vein if someone crossed her even a little. “But Brian has the idea that we are more than friends, Robert.”

“It’s Bob, ma’am. Uh, Robert was my father.” Bob smiles at his joke and looks at Al. But Al is not smiling; he’s looking at Reese and he’s quite serious.

Bob clears his throat and Reese continues, “Putting it delicately…Bob, he’s taking out personal feelings on the company because I wouldn’t be something more to him. Do you understand what I mean?”

“Yes,” Al answers for Bob like he’s enraptured by Reese and perhaps is

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