His expression doesn’t alter, but he nods slightly…. “… Later, I know you replaced the phone itself, but I’d coded the Trojan to backup to the cloud and re-download when you logged in again. Then, some while later, Juliana….It’s complicated…” My words stumble and tumble from my mouth, straggle over my lips… “Juliana managed to infect my phone. And the virus relayed to yours when I messaged you…” It dawns on me that Klempner is listening with polite interest, but no more. My face heats. “You already know all this, don’t you?” He smiles slightly. “Yes, I do. I’d already worked most of it out for myself… I had a lot of thinking time during my… incarceration. Then, yesterday, I had an extended conversation with Dakho. He filled in the blanks for me. Please don’t concern yourself about it. B

