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Rodney let out an exhausted sigh as she closed the door behind her. It had been a rough two weeks, trying to c***k some advanced security walls. But now she had another task - to get through the system her daughter had built.
"You look like a zombie."
She jumped at the cold yet familiar voice. Finding the switch to the lights, she flipped it on to find her daughter sitting on the recliner, her legs crossed.
"Honey, what are you doing here?"
"Well you said you were coming today so I thought I might as well come and surprise you." Joanne spoke, her voice still cold, guarded and distant. "Surprise." She said with the same lack of enthusiasm.
"Did something happen?" Rodney asked, taking the couch opposite hers. There was nothing she wanted more than
