Chapter 36
“Mahi?” my dad said, coming to get me from the front desk security. He hugged me and looked into my eyes. “Everything OK? Weren’t you supposed to be at school?”
“Nai, one of the teachers was sick so they let us go early. I came to bring this to your department,” I said, showing my inactive veil phone.
“Alright. What about it?”
I shrugged and took on my most innocent face. “Dunno. Doesn’t work. Figured you’d wanna know.”
My dad took me past security and we went to the R&D department. On the way I put on a wide-eyed face on to cover up the attention I was giving to security measures. Father was swiping his card on every other door, cameras were staring down at us all the way, the security men were looking bored but capable, not like the public sector. I hadn’t decided yet if
