Chapter 22
Ciaran charged after her. He got to her in the front yard. He pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.
"Come on, darling, calm down. I don't think Richard knew the disk would trigger the elimination,” Ciaran whispered.
She tried to wriggle free, but his arms were as strong as steel shackles. When her emotions were in check, Ciaran let her go.
She called out, "Grandfather! I know you can hear me! We need to speak!"
Tadgh and Jo had followed them to the front yard.
Richard’s hologram appeared. He looked as if he had aged ten years since they had last spoken.
"Grandfather, what is this elimination?"
"I swear to you—I didn't know!"
"So what do you know? What do you want from me, really?"
“I asked Juliette to write a program that allows Sciphil successors to access th
