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I stroked her long locks. “I like the hair.”
She smiled and twisted the ends around her finger. “Syd told me to stay home.”
“Syd can go fuck himself.”
She giggled. “Cindy said the same thing.”
“I’ll have to give her a raise for expanding her vocabulary.”
Cindy’s distinctive knock sounded.
I took a step away from Jennifer. “Yes?”
Cindy poked her head in. “IT has the computer you wanted.”
“Let’s have it.”
An IT tech wheeled in a cart with a computer, monitor, and a fresh printer to replace what had been taken.
Oleg, the department head, followed him in.
“Did you fix my phone yet?” I asked.
Oleg stopped. “Still working on that.”
The tech lifted the computer off the cart, placed it where the old one had been, and started connecting things.
I stepped forward to see what he was doing. “How long will it take to get software loaded so I can get back to work?”
Oleg answered. “Already done. We back up all the machines every night, so this is an exact copy of your machine the way it was when you came in this morning. All you’ve lost is anything you did today.”
A few seconds later, the tech powered up my machine. “You’re all set to go.”
I thanked them as they left and asked Cindy to reassemble the brain trust, this time in my office.
Syd eyed Jennifer as he walked in. “I don’t think this is wise, Dennis.”
“She stays,” I told him.
He shrugged. “Your call.”
“Where do we start?” Jay asked.
Larry spoke up first. “Did you do it?” he asked me.
The question was beyond stupid.
If I’d had something to throw, I would have. “What the fuck do you think?”
“I think you didn’t.” He turned to Jennifer. “Did you write those articles in theTimes?”
Her answer was swift—and truthful as far as it went. “I did not.”
Larry looked back at me. “That means we need to figure out how Cartwright is framing you.”
An almost-smile appeared on Syd’s face. “I agree with Larry.”
“That’s a first,” Larry said.
