Use it to your advantage

What the sweep revealed.

Where: A sleazy club, then my place.

Feeling: I’ll be glad when this is over.

Listening to: The sounds of silence in my apartment.

Continued from here.

“Is there anything else, any more information you need from me? How much of an initial payment do you require?” I asked.

“Don’t worry about it,” she stated as she stood. “You’ll pay me once it’s done, Or, I’ll collect it from your flesh,” she added with an innocent look. “If you need to contact me, you’ll need to use a secure line and call my ship. There should be someone to answer there and she’ll say I don’t know a lot. I will start tonight at midnight.” She gave me her number on a piece of paper.

“I’ll keep that in mind,” I said as I took her number.

She walked to the door and opened it. “If you see me, then I’m not doing my job right.” For some reason she had decided to hang her weaponry from her three lekku. Subtlety did not seem to be part of her plan. Part of me was pleased with the thought that I’d lucked out and picked someone who seemed capable of resolving the situation quickly. Part of me was sure I was making a big mistake here.

I motioned to her to close the door again. “One last thing,” I said. “My apartment may or may not be bugged. I scanned it and I think it’s clean, but another scan wouldn’t hurt. Can you do that?”

She nodded and left. I let some time elapse, then I left as well.

~~

I took my time returning to my apartment, just in case someone from the club was overly interested in my movements. When I arrived I found a note on my table, and next to it a small device of plastic and metal, not much bigger than a baby’s fingernail.

Now you know it’s here, use it to your advantage – EA.

I tossed the device on the floor and casually crushed it with my foot. Good. She’d passed my test. Instinctively I reached for my comlink to call Jardena to say... I’m not sure what. Reluctantly, I put it down again.

No. Not until this is over.

I took a shower and went to bed. As I lay in my room staring at the ceiling and futilely trying to will myself to sleep, I couldn’t help but appreciate the irony of the fact that for some reason today there were no messages waiting for me, no urgent matters to attend to, and nothing going on that simply couldn’t wait.

Funny how that works out.

End.

See Erifia’s blog for her point of view.


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