Betrayed 2(69)

“I would suggest that you don’t breathe or make any sudden movements. They may not be able to see you, but an errant pebble or even a grain of sand might be too much for them to ignore. It’s obvious that Susan doesn’t let them get away with anything including slacking off on their duties.” Marshall was giving me the benefit of his eyes and I had to say that he was pretty good at this kind of work.

“I don’t want to hear about this anymore. She’s a liar and we both know that she can’t be trusted as far as we can throw her. Of course, I’m telling you the truth and what would give you the impression that I would ever lie to the one that I love? I know and you had to ask. I don’t want to do anything to ruin what we have together.” He disconnected the connection and turned to his friend. He punched him in a jovial manner against his arm.

“I told you that you were messing with the natural order of things by going after her sister. I’m a little surprised that Angela didn’t believe her. You have been with the both of them these last couple of months. You still talk about it like she did things that other women can’t or won’t do.” His inflection when he was talking to Angela was that of someone that could never lie to save his life. It was obvious that wasn’t true.

There could be only two reasons why he could sound that plausible. The one that came to mind was that he was someone that didn’t know the difference between right and wrong. The other was that he couldn’t be monogamous. It was against his basic nature, but I was inclined to believe that he liked to play the injured party.

“There’s no reason to look at me like I am some kind of monster. It’s not like I’m doing your daughter or your sister for that matter. If I wanted to, I’m sure that I could have my way with both of them. I would never betray you. That’s something that you can take to the bank. Angela has always been possessive. She doesn’t know how to rein it in. I sometimes use that against her to make her look petty and vindictive. What she doesn’t know doesn’t hurt her. It was wrong to sleep with her sister, but that was the only way that I was going to give her money for drugs.” They sauntered away from the area, laughing and having a bit of fun at his girlfriend’s expense. I didn’t know if they had any children, but I was relatively sure that if I had asked Marshall to find out that he would’ve been able to.

“Wait for a moment longer until the coast is clear.” I took my time, slipping once on what constituted as bird excrement. I had to wipe my shoe. There was no way that I was going to go in there and leave behind the proof of my breach.

It would’ve been nice to be able to see Lillian inside that bar, but I was on the other side of the building away from the street.

“I should have told you to go to hell when you came up with this harebrained scheme. I knew that it was going to be risky, but I didn’t think that I was literally putting my life in your hands. Don’t worry; I’ve come too far to go back now.” There was a bit of a gust blowing that I didn’t take into consideration. I had to hold onto the wall and wait for it to pass. I finally made it to the window that was cracked open about an inch.

I took a deep breath, grabbed onto the edge of the window and pulled it up hoping not to bring about the piercing wail of an alarm going off. I held my breath until I put my foot inside and then the other followed suit. I was tempted to get down on the floor and kiss it, but I had other fish to fry than my own personal safety.

I took out a small penlight, moving it from one corner of the room to the other until I was sitting at her desk. There was a moment that I wanted get up and scream at someone. I felt like I was taking a few tentative steps in her shoes.

“I’m not that proficient with computers. I know my way around to do e-mail and check my Facebook status.” I did as he requested by first using the card that I had creatively borrowed. I was soon typing down the Internet address and then sending to him so that he could get his hacker friend to make a mirror image of this computer with his own.

“Jeffrey has gotten into the computer and I’m sure that you have noticed that he is perusing the contents as we speak.” It was kind of eerie to see the mouse move on its own with the cursor going from one file to another to copy its contents and put it into a file of his making. “He won’t look at anything. He’ll send me all the files intact. This guy knows what he’s doing and the money that I’m giving him makes his discretion bought and paid for.” I watched as the files were copied and that folder that he had made virtually disappeared leaving no trace behind that something was amiss.