Hacker For Hire (Ted Higuera Series Book 2) by Pendelton Wallace Read Free Book Online Page A

mega-yacht, multi-millionaire French businessman
Yves Bohier, was presumed lost.
    Yves. That
dirty bastard. Bohier was the arms dealer that sold the missile to the
terrorists who attacked the Star of the Northwest. It was his fault that
Meagan and Jack were dead. I hope he rots in hell!
    His head felt like
it was going to split open. His breath came in short gasps, he felt sweat
breaking out on his forehead. He leaned back and closed his eyes.
    He saw the Pegasus ,
pushing their sailboat into the giant whirlpool. He was sure that they bought
it that time. Then the gun fight. Automatic weapons fire riddling Chris’ boat.
First Jack went down, then Chris.
    Then the
explosion. Flying through the air. Ted found himself floating with the other
bodies in the water.
    ****
    “Hey, Hero, where
you gettin’ off today, man?” The big bus driver shook Ted’s shoulder.
    Ted came out of
his trance, his hands shaking, his palms wet. His shirt stuck to his skin.
    “Hey, man, you
OK?” Garry shook Ted’s shoulder again. “Should I call 911? You havin’ some kind
of attack?”
    “No . . . I’ll be
fine. Where are we?”
    “We’re all the way
to the University Hub. We’re way past your regular stop. This big black lady just
gettin’ off told me that your eyes were glazed over and you were breathin’
funny. She thought you were having a seizure.”
    “You loopin’ back
to South Lake Union?”
    “No, I'm headed
back downtown. If you want to ride, just stay on ‘til we come back on the
northern run.”
    “Thanks, Garry.”
    “Nothin’s too good
for our hero.”
    Ted sat back in
his seat and breathed deeply. Would it ever end?
     

Chapter 6
    “Donna, I’ve got
Bill on line one.” Julie never used the intercom. Shouting the short distance
to Donna’s office was much more effective.
    “Thanks, Jules.”
Donna looked up from her computer, took off her reading glasses and picked up
the phone. “Hi, honey. How’s it going?”
    “It’s been a good
day.” Bill’s voice had a note of caution. “I think I’ve solved the Active
Directory problem. I worked on it until the kids got home. This should make our
little surprise even more lethal.”
    “That’s great.
When do you think we’ll have our bomb ready?” How was she going to break this
to him? She knew how much Billy was counting on her being there.
    “I’ve still got a
lot of testing to do. I’d say it’ll be a couple of weeks at least.”
    “I’m afraid I have
some bad news. I have to work tonight.” She held her breath and waited for the
explosion.
    “D, you can’t.”
Bill’s voice was calm, but disappointed. “You know you have to be there for
Billy.”
    “I’m really sorry.
There’s nothing I can do.” She had to make him understand how much this meant
to the business. He always understood business. “Paula called me and I can’t
turn her down. Besides, it’ll give me a chance to get into Schmidt’s office. I
can tap his surveillance camera tonight.”
    “Isn’t there
someone else who can do this spook work for you?” His tone shouted
condemnation.
    There was a long
silence. This was a sore subject between them. They had had this conversation
before.
    “You know I hate when
you put yourself on the line.” She could hear the bitterness in Bill’s voice.
“You’re the boss. You could assign anybody to the job.”
    “Bill you know
that no one else can do the job as well as I can. Besides, all of our employees
are young and well educated. How would it look for Minnie to apply for a
janitorial job with her Angela Jolie figure and Stanford MBA?”
    Donna was middle-aged
and frumpy with thick hips and a spare tire around her middle. When she dressed
down and didn’t wear makeup, she looked the part.
    “Honey, this is
the single most important client we’ve ever worked for.” She took a deep breath
and explained it again. “Doing a good job for Alison Clarke could lead to a
contract with Millennium Systems. We could do security