Page 20 of Bleed for You
“Fine.” Craig was about to hang up when he remembered something. “Has he made any more complaints?”
“He has my number on speed dial and no, it isn’t just you.”
“What is his problem?” Craig murmured.
“We’ll fix this. Be patient.”
“Easier said than done.” Craig smiled when he heard Lacey chuckle. “I’ll leave you to it. If he does anything else, call me and write it down.”
“I will.” Craig hung up and tried to get his head back on his work, but he couldn’t help but think about Flint… and Jinx, who still hadn’t returned his call. Maybe Jinx had a few funerals today. Shaking his head, Craig tried to focus on his work and when he heard a knock on the door, he was surprised to see a woman from IT standing there.
“Hi. I’m Vicky from IT.”
“I’ll let you get to work.” He moved away from his desk to let her do her work and stood by the window, watching the sidewalk below. People rushing around, or ambling along, either alone or in groups. Some had drinks or talked on their phones, all moving around each other or bumping into one another and carrying on. The street had cars and cabs and other vehicles, all bumper to bumper, and Craig was more than happy to be in the office and not trying to walk through the crowds. Later it wouldn’t be as bad, but first he had to see what IT said.
Turning back to his desk, he watched Vicky from IT scroll through something that looked like code to Craig until she asked, “When did you first notice your work being remotely viewed?”
“Today.”
She hummed and scrolled up and down, then sat back. “It’s been going on for some time. I need to make a copy,” she murmured, already on her own laptop doing something. Craig watched the information on his monitor appear on hers, and then she shut everything down.
“Can you do it from where your office is?”
“I could, but I wanted to come here and stretch my legs.” Vicky stood and packed her things away. “I’ve been bent over wires this morning and needed to get out for a few minutes.”
“Did you find enough?”
“Oh yeah. Lacey will be in touch.” She left his office and Craig stared after her before sitting and calling Lacey. He watched Flint walked past his office… again, and blew out his breath. Was his job to walk past his office window multiple times a day?
“Craig. I take it IT has been?”
“Vicky has just left.”
“Oh, did Vicky come to see you? She’s very good.”
Craig messed with his mouse as he pulled the Simpson plan back up. “Has she said anything?”
“She’s probably only just gotten back to her office, Craig. I’ll talk to you tomorrow, but I won’t be able to tell you much. This is an investigation, so I have to keep what I find to myself for now. At some point, you will be brought in and spoken to.”
“I wish this was over with. This job would be so much better.”
“I know but keep going. Things will get better.” Lacey’s voice dimmed and Craig realized she was talking to someone else. “I have to go. Don’t forget to update your diary.”
“Will do.” He sighed and put the phone down, then looked at the clock and decided to go to lunch. As he left his office, he ran into Raj, who got into the elevator with him. When they both exhaled at the same time, they chuckled. “Long day?” Raj asked.
“Just dealing with people, you know.”
“Oh yeah. Certain people who know nothing about this job…” Raj glanced at Craig as he trailed off. “Forget it.”
“But think they know better than us who are actually qualified.”
Raj blew out his breath. “Thank fuck, I’m not the only one. We are talking about… er… well…”
“Name begins with an F?”
“Yes. Does he speak to you like shit?”
“Did you hear him in my office earlier?” Craig arched an eyebrow at Raj. “That was me he was shouting at because I caught him accessing my work.”
