Chapter 526

Dorothy nodded with a hint of resolve, “Alright, I’ll be back in a jiffy.”

She slipped into something more comfortable and headed out, making her way to Quincy’s office. She found the door ajar, yet the room was devoid of life.

“She’s probably using the bathroom or got caught up in some urgent matter before coming back,” she figured.

Dorothy didn’t leave. She stood by the door, waiting, when her phone began to buzz.

She expected it was Karen, but instead, it was an unfamiliar number.

A call from back home.

Worried it might be the kids in some kind of trouble, she answered promptly.

The voice on the other end was tinged with impatience and a youthful edge, sounding like a high school student, “Hey, how old is this surveillance footage on your flash drive?”

It was Byte 7.

sure no one

last thing she wanted was for Byte

a royal pain. You didn’t think to mention that earlier?” Byte 7’s tone carried the eternal irritability

money caught Dorothy off–guard, “I’m working on it! Can you recover the data sooner?”

a real headache!”

this call? She was

trying to scrape together the cash. Just be my girl for a week, and we’re

any girls, so being chosen by him

and his pride was taking a hit. He thought any girl in her

girl was actually trying.

money,” Dorothy assured him

math; selling all her stocks, bonds, and maybe a piece of real estate would get her close enough. And for the shortfall, a bank loan

yourself,” Byte 7 grumbled and hung

her phone, conjuring up an image of Byte 7 on the other end:

was all she knew of Byte 7.

“Ms. Sanchez?”

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