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“Christ, you guys are ridiculous,” I said, trying to step around them. Again, I was thwarted as Fox pulled me back a step.
“Calm down, little lady. We’re more than capable of handling the situation.”
“Are you sure about that?”
“Hey, it’s just some friendly banter among colleagues.” He turned back to Simon and quickly extracted the flash drive. “So, you brought this to us for what reason?”
“Well, I felt bad about the whole bomb thing.”
I nodded as I smiled at him, but my security detail clearly didn’t feel the same as me.
“Oh, you felt bad, did you?” IRIS spat. “Was it hard to walk away knowing you were about to blow up a perfectly innocent woman?”
“Actually, it was. Can I get off the floor now?”
Fox nodded but stepped in front of me again.
“I really did feel bad about leaving you.”
“I know,” I said in commiseration. “But you obviously took my advice and went to the hotel.”
“Yeah, the security there is very lax. I’m not at all surprised that someone got up to your room.”
“Did you find out who it was?”
“I saw it, but I don’t know who it is.”
“Then why did you say you’re glad she has security?” IRIS questioned him.
“Because of how he broke in and…what he did. This guy is sick.”
Fox, now curious, walked over to his computer and started booting it up. I watched as he went through lines of code, checking for something. If I knew anything about computers beyond what the average person did, I might understand what he was doing.
“Is the flash drive all code?”
“No, I’m scanning it before I open it. It’s software Rae installed for our remote computers.”
I shook my head. “There are too many people at your company.”
“It’s good. Let’s see what’s inside.”
The screen opened to the footage from the hotel. We all migrated around the screen, watching as the man easily walked down the hall and let himself into my room without a single person stopping him. But it was when he opened the door and let himself in that I really got chills.
“Does he look familiar to any of you?”
“Nope,” Fox said, still watching the computer.
We watched as the man went through my bag and found what he was looking for, but then he didn’t leave. He walked over to my luggage and opened it.
“What is he looking for now?” I asked, leaning closer to the screen. I really shouldn’t have.
The man pulled out my clothes and started sniffing them. When he grabbed my underwear, he held them up to his nose and inhaled deeply.
“Dude, that’s not cool,” IRIS growled.
“I need a shower,” I said, my whole body shivering in disgust.
Simon snorted. “And you thought I was bad. I at least had the courtesy to feel bad about what I did. This guy is just sick.”
