34 Laura10:11 pm Ominous silence dominated the tiny street. Laura expected to hear the pounding music coming from the Atomic at least a block away, but it was only the tinkling sound of her stilettos that disturbed the quiet of the night. Well, to be honest, she was grateful for the silent moment, since the Darkhole’s deep basses were still beating in her ears. There were much more melodic tunes played back in the day when she was a teenager, but these days those songs can only be heard at retro parties. They have been swapped for computer-made, monotone, tuneless messes. Modern technology started to seem like a darker and darker thing to Laura. In her mind, computers were connected to murders, drugs, and danger; as if the new generation of the underworld would organize crime on the inte

