The New House by Tess Stimson
Author:Tess Stimson [Stimson, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2022-06-07T17:00:00+00:00
chapter 36
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The malware I introduced into Felixâs laptop when I was in his office isnât particularly sophisticated, but it works. A tech expert like Tom would spot the Trojan horse in a nanosecond: thereâs a slight but perceptible delay when webpages load and a small icon in the corner of the screen thatâs a dead giveaway.
But Felix isnât looking for it. Heâs clearly far too preoccupied: heâs spent the weekend scrolling through a variety of stock market indices and updates, opening multiple windows on his desktop and shuttling back and forth between them. Thanks to the virus I uploaded, Iâve been able to watch his every move on my own computer.
I close my laptop and run upstairs to find Meddie. âIâm just going out for a run,â I say, putting my head around her bedroom door. âYou all right on your own for a couple of hours?â
She pulls one of her AirPods out. âWhereâs The Freak?â
âDonât call him that. Your fatherâs taken him to the 9/11 Memorial Exhibition in Earlâs Court. Theyâll be back later this afternoon.â
Meddie grimaces as she plugs her AirPod back in. âGross. I bet he gets off on it.â
Sheâs probably right.
It takes me less than twenty minutes to run to the Glass House. It appears deserted â the blinds are down, and there are no signs of life. But I know Felix is in there: when I check the malware feed on my phone, I see heâs still active on his computer. Staceyâs staying with her friend in Exeter, so I know heâs on his own.
I ring the doorbell, but Felix doesnât come to the door. I give it a few minutes, and try again.
Still nothing. I walk around the side of the house to Felixâs office. The blinds are down there, too, and even when I press my face to the glass and cup my hands around my eyes, itâs impossible to see inside.
I bang on the window. âFelix! I know youâre in there!â
No response.
âWe need to talk,â I shout. âIâm not going anywhere till you open the door.â
This time, I hear movement and the scrape of his chair on the expensive bamboo flooring. I return to the front of the house, and, a few moments later, the heavy glass door opens.
Felix looks like he hasnât bathed or slept in a week. Heâs sporting at least two daysâ worth of grey stubble, and he must have lost ten pounds since I saw him at the Hurlingham Club just seven days ago. The blades of his cheekbones are so sharp they could cut glass.
âWhy are you here?â he asks wearily.
âTake a wild guess.â
He sighs, and then steps back with an exaggerated flourish. âYou know the way.â
I head upstairs to the kitchen. It looks exactly as youâd expect the kitchen of a man whose wife has left him to look, down to the pizza boxes littering the kitchen island and the plates and dirty coffee cups piled haphazardly in the sink.
I seat myself at one of the
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