And let me tell you, every guy in Barrington has a little asshole in him.

“Well, you guys are such a bunch of sad sacks I had to help. I took it, holding both hands between us. You can say what you want to keep your reputation as a shithead intact.” “If you’d asked me when we met, ‘Would Taylor Harden help clean the factory?’ I would have said, ‘No, not for any reason.’ But there you were. That I didn’t give her the job despite her having a leg up on everyone else we saw.īut was I contrite? Accusatory? Was I just going to relay information? What did I want out of her after I told her I knew? What was I supposed to tell her again? That I knew we’d interviewed her. “Taylor?” Her hair flew in her mouth when she turned, and she drew her finger across her cheek to get it out. We were at the back end of the yard, where the very top of the factory’s roof cut the horizon. “It’s not normal to give the gardeners in town something to do?” We walked around the perimeter. Impenetrable, groomed thorn bushes in our yards? No.” “Don’t you have these where you’re from?” She snapped a dry twig off the end. “What are the thorns about?” I pointed at the thorn bed that had eaten my phone and went down the stairs to the yard. I had more at stake with this girl than I’d ever had with another. I kept forgetting I needed to think strategically. I kept forgetting she was holding me hostage. The way the setting sun hit her cheeks made her glow, and the strands of gold hair at the edges looked translucent. The door slapped closed behind her as she came out, and we were alone. “Is Harper back?” I asked, handing the bags to the blushing redhead.Īs if summoned, Harper came through the swinging door, keeping it open so everyone could get past. And she has a plan for Taylor, his code, and his body. Some dude in Barrington, USA (AKA Nowhere) has locked down Taylor’s code, and if he doesn’t get it back, he’s going to be wearing a monkey suit for the rest of his life.Įxcept, this guy? This hacker from Nowhere? He’s not a guy. His reputation goes from king to goat in a split second.

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