Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent

Chapter 9: Automatic Terror Machine

by Tim Mullen as "Matthew"

Matthew regarded Capri she was absolutely beautiful. His eyes followed her movements through a haze of smoke. She danced with a natural grace and style that many of the dancers there envied, and delivered a body of such perfection and tone that all the men there wanted. And yet, by some remarkable grace of fate, she was with him, his girl, as she would say. As he watched her on stage, he wondered what it was that she saw in him. He wasn t the world s best looking guy, and he hadn t always been the most honest person in the world, but these days he did have a solid job, and he was making some money. That was probably it, and though it kind of bothered him, he knew that was something a lot of people didn t have, particularly in the area of South Africa where he lived

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

He thought of how he loved her, though he wasn t really in love with her. Although she was incredibly sexy, pretty smart, and a knockout in the sack, he just didn t trust her enough to let himself fall in love. He chalked that bit of mental blockage up to his ex-wife. Seems that while he was out supporting them in his role as Uber Haxx0r, she was at home letting script kiddies bust root on her box. It would be a while before his own personal firewall rules would allow anyone access to...

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