insist.” She shook her finger at her friend. “But this time, I get to pick the restaurant.”
Angela shrugged, seeming relieved as they went in Sarah’s apartment to get ready. Sarah did her best to pull on her unconcerned face and go with the flow. She needed Angela to believe her. She needed space so that she could get to the bottom of things. She knew there was something, she just had to find it.
Chapter 5
Sarah woke up Monday morning feeling even worse than the day before. She had drunk a little more the night before, but she knew that wasn’t the reason that she felt lousy. The simple honest truth was that she was starting to despair about proving her innocence. She didn’t even know where to start. She couldn’t go back to the office to find clues there; she didn’t have her computer; and she definitely wasn’t going to try going down to the actual scene of the crime. She was positive that if she did that she would both wind up in jail, and that Angela would kill her.
She needed another way. It was after her second cup of coffee when it came to her. She didn’t have her computer, but she knew how she could find out what was going on anyway. Not only that, but this way she would have an even better chance.
She was going to go visit her hacker brother, David.
She dressed quickly. After all, it wasn’t like her brother cared what she looked like. Then, grabbing a box of his favorite frozen pizza bites she headed across town to her brother’s loft apartment.
Despite the fact that her brother was completely oblivious to the fact that Sarah was a human being, he was nothing like the stereotypical hacker. It helped that he had a bad habit of hacking into things that made him a lot of money. Sarah was positive that one of these days he was going to get himself in trouble by crashing the stock market, but until then he was living high.
All that didn’t stop him from living like a bachelor though. She found herself wishing that she had called to tell him she was coming when he opened the door in nothing but his boxers. He blinked twice when he spotted Sarah on his doorstep and then a big smile spread across his face.
“Twinkles!” he cried, before pulling Sarah into a big hug. Sarah rolled her eyes as her brother squeezed all the breath out of her. David wasn’t exactly built like a geek. He was short like Sarah, but he had enough muscles to make up for it. When he finally let go of Sarah, she gasped for air, staggering a little.
“Someday we’re going to find a better nickname, I swear.”
David moved to let her into his loft. “Deep inside you love it. You don’t need to pretend.”
As usual the fine furniture and classy decor was littered with empty pizza boxes and dirty clothes. Sarah put her hand on her hip to glare at her brother. “I love what you’ve done with the place.”
He shrugged, kicking at a pizza box with a bare foot. “You know me, always struggling to keep up with the new fad.”
Sarah rolled her eyes and shoved a pile of clothes off the couch so that she could sit down. Then she proffered her brother the box of frozen pizzas. He grinned as he took it. “Hallelujah, today we eat!”
She rolled her eyes again, suddenly very glad that she had come to visit her brother. There was no one else that could make her feel that good, that fast. Suddenly all her worrying seemed silly. David would make everything alright, and then the world would be good.
He pulled on a pair of jeans as he hopped toward the kitchen. “So, tell me,” he
Angela shrugged, seeming relieved as they went in Sarah’s apartment to get ready. Sarah did her best to pull on her unconcerned face and go with the flow. She needed Angela to believe her. She needed space so that she could get to the bottom of things. She knew there was something, she just had to find it.
Chapter 5
Sarah woke up Monday morning feeling even worse than the day before. She had drunk a little more the night before, but she knew that wasn’t the reason that she felt lousy. The simple honest truth was that she was starting to despair about proving her innocence. She didn’t even know where to start. She couldn’t go back to the office to find clues there; she didn’t have her computer; and she definitely wasn’t going to try going down to the actual scene of the crime. She was positive that if she did that she would both wind up in jail, and that Angela would kill her.
She needed another way. It was after her second cup of coffee when it came to her. She didn’t have her computer, but she knew how she could find out what was going on anyway. Not only that, but this way she would have an even better chance.
She was going to go visit her hacker brother, David.
She dressed quickly. After all, it wasn’t like her brother cared what she looked like. Then, grabbing a box of his favorite frozen pizza bites she headed across town to her brother’s loft apartment.
Despite the fact that her brother was completely oblivious to the fact that Sarah was a human being, he was nothing like the stereotypical hacker. It helped that he had a bad habit of hacking into things that made him a lot of money. Sarah was positive that one of these days he was going to get himself in trouble by crashing the stock market, but until then he was living high.
All that didn’t stop him from living like a bachelor though. She found herself wishing that she had called to tell him she was coming when he opened the door in nothing but his boxers. He blinked twice when he spotted Sarah on his doorstep and then a big smile spread across his face.
“Twinkles!” he cried, before pulling Sarah into a big hug. Sarah rolled her eyes as her brother squeezed all the breath out of her. David wasn’t exactly built like a geek. He was short like Sarah, but he had enough muscles to make up for it. When he finally let go of Sarah, she gasped for air, staggering a little.
“Someday we’re going to find a better nickname, I swear.”
David moved to let her into his loft. “Deep inside you love it. You don’t need to pretend.”
As usual the fine furniture and classy decor was littered with empty pizza boxes and dirty clothes. Sarah put her hand on her hip to glare at her brother. “I love what you’ve done with the place.”
He shrugged, kicking at a pizza box with a bare foot. “You know me, always struggling to keep up with the new fad.”
Sarah rolled her eyes and shoved a pile of clothes off the couch so that she could sit down. Then she proffered her brother the box of frozen pizzas. He grinned as he took it. “Hallelujah, today we eat!”
She rolled her eyes again, suddenly very glad that she had come to visit her brother. There was no one else that could make her feel that good, that fast. Suddenly all her worrying seemed silly. David would make everything alright, and then the world would be good.
He pulled on a pair of jeans as he hopped toward the kitchen. “So, tell me,” he
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