this crap.”
“What are you talking about Pete?”
“She told me how you blurted out everything whenever you attempted to flirt with her, you little perv. Not getting enough action in real life so you have to resort to some text based relationship?”
“I don’t have the slightest clue what you’re on about, Pete. I only ever spoke to her about coordinating between our two groups. She says I’m hitting on her? For fuck’s sake Pete, I’m gay. Why do you think I’m trying to hit on some random woman online?”
“Uh, guys,” we both turned to look at Kevin, who was sheepishly looking down at his glass. “It wasn’t Pim who told her all about the documents. It was me. I was logged into Pim’s account and tried to strike up a conversation with her. It seemed like the only way I could ever get anything going with her was by giving her a little bit of information about what you guys got from Paul. She’s one of us though, right? What difference does it make what she knows?”
“What the hell, Kevin? What were you doing on my account?”
“Well first off pick a password that isn’t just your name and your birth date. And second, you already had an in for talking to her. I was just taking advantage of that.”
At that point I was fed up and decided to intrude. “You’re a stupid, horny little child, Kevin. You know that? You get access to the internet, an unlimited wealth of information, and you start talking to some random person to try and get off? You couldn’t even see through your hormonal haze that she only gave two shits about you because you kept offering ‘secret information’ whenever she asked for it. How dumb can you be?”
“I’m sorry, Pete. I didn’t think anything of it at the time.”
“So, what all have you blabbed to her? How much does she know about what we have?”
“Not a whole lot. I mean, you guys haven’t told me much about it either. I just told her you guys have some sort of secret information that Paul left you. Aside from that I don’t even know where you guys keep it. I swear, that’s all I’ve told her.”
“Well, Pim, at least you’ve done one thing right during all of this. You kept this moron out of the loop as much as possible. If Christine is really here to steal some information from us, she doesn’t know enough to completely do away with us.”
“What are you suggesting we do now, Pete?”
“I’m not sure. We still need information on her before we act. My instincts are telling me she’s just after Paul’s stuff, probably hired by the mining companies, but I can’t say for certain right now. Do you happen to know where she’s staying while she’s in town?”
“No, I don’t. She never mentioned it.”
“Well, she drove a car down here, so I’m guessing she can afford to stay in a hotel. That doesn’t leave many options. Let’s start looking around to see what we can find out. Just you though, Pim. Kevin can stay here before he decides to compromise this any more than he already has.”
There were only a few hotels left in town that were still in operation, and her car was going to stick out like a sore thumb. It couldn’t be that difficult to find out where she was. If my suspicions were correct, she won’t be slumming it at some tent camp like the rest of us would have. No one looked and acted the way she did by sleeping on the dirt night after night.
Along with Pim, we approached the nearest hotel. I saw her car in the lot – the only one. We were on our way toward it, when I noticed her standing in the lobby talking to the guy at the desk. I grabbed Pim and ducked off behind some bushes. We just sat there and watched until we saw her get in her car and leave. Where she was going, I had no idea, but it gave us a chance to snoop around her room and try and find out whatever we could about her. I could only hope she left something useful behind.
It wasn’t difficult to locate her room. There was only one that was occupied, and
“What are you talking about Pete?”
“She told me how you blurted out everything whenever you attempted to flirt with her, you little perv. Not getting enough action in real life so you have to resort to some text based relationship?”
“I don’t have the slightest clue what you’re on about, Pete. I only ever spoke to her about coordinating between our two groups. She says I’m hitting on her? For fuck’s sake Pete, I’m gay. Why do you think I’m trying to hit on some random woman online?”
“Uh, guys,” we both turned to look at Kevin, who was sheepishly looking down at his glass. “It wasn’t Pim who told her all about the documents. It was me. I was logged into Pim’s account and tried to strike up a conversation with her. It seemed like the only way I could ever get anything going with her was by giving her a little bit of information about what you guys got from Paul. She’s one of us though, right? What difference does it make what she knows?”
“What the hell, Kevin? What were you doing on my account?”
“Well first off pick a password that isn’t just your name and your birth date. And second, you already had an in for talking to her. I was just taking advantage of that.”
At that point I was fed up and decided to intrude. “You’re a stupid, horny little child, Kevin. You know that? You get access to the internet, an unlimited wealth of information, and you start talking to some random person to try and get off? You couldn’t even see through your hormonal haze that she only gave two shits about you because you kept offering ‘secret information’ whenever she asked for it. How dumb can you be?”
“I’m sorry, Pete. I didn’t think anything of it at the time.”
“So, what all have you blabbed to her? How much does she know about what we have?”
“Not a whole lot. I mean, you guys haven’t told me much about it either. I just told her you guys have some sort of secret information that Paul left you. Aside from that I don’t even know where you guys keep it. I swear, that’s all I’ve told her.”
“Well, Pim, at least you’ve done one thing right during all of this. You kept this moron out of the loop as much as possible. If Christine is really here to steal some information from us, she doesn’t know enough to completely do away with us.”
“What are you suggesting we do now, Pete?”
“I’m not sure. We still need information on her before we act. My instincts are telling me she’s just after Paul’s stuff, probably hired by the mining companies, but I can’t say for certain right now. Do you happen to know where she’s staying while she’s in town?”
“No, I don’t. She never mentioned it.”
“Well, she drove a car down here, so I’m guessing she can afford to stay in a hotel. That doesn’t leave many options. Let’s start looking around to see what we can find out. Just you though, Pim. Kevin can stay here before he decides to compromise this any more than he already has.”
There were only a few hotels left in town that were still in operation, and her car was going to stick out like a sore thumb. It couldn’t be that difficult to find out where she was. If my suspicions were correct, she won’t be slumming it at some tent camp like the rest of us would have. No one looked and acted the way she did by sleeping on the dirt night after night.
Along with Pim, we approached the nearest hotel. I saw her car in the lot – the only one. We were on our way toward it, when I noticed her standing in the lobby talking to the guy at the desk. I grabbed Pim and ducked off behind some bushes. We just sat there and watched until we saw her get in her car and leave. Where she was going, I had no idea, but it gave us a chance to snoop around her room and try and find out whatever we could about her. I could only hope she left something useful behind.
It wasn’t difficult to locate her room. There was only one that was occupied, and
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