“How’d you even know that his computer had been accessed?”
“Don’t forget, Jeff. I’m a computer at my core. I’ll always be linked with the Bouncer computer through my qubits. I can see every keystroke and screenshot inside my head. It’s kind of like daydreaming with my eyes open. When I saw 929 used as the passcode on that computer, I knew that I had to get up here to either stop you or help you.”
“Help me?”
“At this point I’m not completely sure where my allegiance lies. I never loved him like I …” She hesitated.
“Love me?” I finished.
“Yes.”
“Look, one of the officers is coming back.”
Officer de Albuquerque approached the hover cruiser and opened a back door. “C’mon inside, folks. We did the best we could to clear the building. Every door was locked except for the one that leads in
