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Viper looked at his watch. “I’ll call church in five.”
“Thanks, boss. And look, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about it sooner.”
He looked at me hard for a few long seconds then said, “I understand. Just make sure you keep me in the loop from now on, no matter how small the issue. You dig?”
I bit back a smile at the use of his favorite old-school term. “I dig.”
Five minutes later, we were all in the main area of the Cobalt Room.
Viper stood at the podium. “Sorry for the short notice. Face has some things he needs to go over with you guys.” He looked at me and stepped away from the podium. “Face?”
“Thanks, boss.” I looked out at the prospects, lieutenants, and their old ladies. Jemini stood next to me for support. “Look, I’m just going to cut to the chase. There’s been a breach in our computer system. Someone or something is attempting to inject spyware onto our systems. This isn’t a virus, but something that’s watching things like keystrokes and website visits. I would urge all of you to not say anything that will incriminate yourself or bring attention to the club. Do not send texts or emails about vampires or anything supernatural. Don’t visit websites to look up anything to do with the supernatural. Regular websites for shopping, searches, and that type of stuff is fine. If you must text, do it in code, but it’s preferable you use the phone and call the person because we’re fairly sure that can’t be recorded. I’m going to install a computer in the main area of the club for you to use for whatever you’d like. It’s going to have bare minimum WiFi and no connection to our intranet’s main system. So, if you must look up something questionable, do it on there. Or if you’re just tired of online shopping on your phones and tablets.” I looked at Kalissa and her blue eyes twinkled in amusement.
Jemini added, “We’re sorry about this, but we’ll get it taken care of soon. In the meantime, I’m sorry to ask but you’re going to have to turn your location services off on the phones and tablets for now. The malware may be tracking where you’re going. We don’t need whoever’s watching us to know our every move.”
Viper asked, “Is that it?”
I looked at Jemini and she nodded. “Yes, boss.” She looked at the crowd. “Just know we’re on top of it.”
“Questions?” Viper asked the crowd.
Andy, our newest lieutenant, raised his hand. “Do we know who’s doing it?”
“No.” I shook my head. “Totally anonymous. We couldn’t even track where in the country or even the world it’s coming from. This person or persons are good.”
“I’m here if you need anything,” he replied.
“Thanks, Andy,” I said.
Dash raised his hand. “You good if I get a burner phone to use in the meantime?”
I glanced at Viper. “Boss?”
“It’s your call,” Viper replied to me.
“That’s fine, just keep your main one on so we can contact you, if need be.”
Dash nodded.
“Anyone else?”
At the lack of questions, I left the podium.
“Adjourned,” Viper said, pounding the gavel.
The next night, Jemini came into my office looking excited. “Got a sec?”
“Of course.” I indicated the chair.
She sat and said, “How’s it going? Any luck?”
“Not really. I was able to isolate one and remove it, then program the system to reject it next time it tries to worm in.”
“Well, I talked to my friend. He said he can’t help but he knows someone who can.”
“Great,” I said with a smile and some relief.
“Slight problem, though…” She hesitated.
