CHAPTER 26: Alison
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The next day Alison sat in her office debugging some code. She stretched. Where was Harker. It was getting late, and he hadn’t come by to pester her about going home.
It was his daily routine and her chosen Barkerism for today was based on this. All she needed was one more point and she’d win for the week. She couldn’t wait to learn about his childhood. She knew it hadn’t been good, but it had turned him into the man he was today. She wanted to know everything about him-the good and the bad. She glanced at the time. It was almost eight o’clock. Where the heck was he?
The soft rumble of his voice drifted toward her office. She turned back to the computer, pretending to work. Victory would soon be hers. She changed a bit of code. No sense in wasting time. Thi
