Chapter 27

Grant stands over me nervously. “What are you doing, again?”

“I’m going through a deep web connection and filtering it through a – nevermind. I’m making it look like we’re in Mexico. That’s all you need to know.”

“You sure it’s foolproof?”

“Nothing’s foolproof, because fools are so ingenious.”

He looks at me like Quit fooling around.

“Hey, I don’t have to do this,” I say. “In fact, I don’t want to do this.”

“Just go ahead and do whatever you’ve got to do.”

“Then quit hovering over me like a helicopter parent.”

“Fine.” He starts pacing behind me, which is only marginally better.

“What happened to that ice water in your veins, dude?” I say as I put the finishing touches on the reroute.

“It’s there when I have control over the situation. I don’t have any control over the situation here.”

“I don’t know that being chased by Dobermans is ‘control over the situation.’”

“It is when I’m in the moment. It comes down to what I do. Here… I can’t do anything. I’m totally reliant on you.”

For some