Alex is the worst for me. Being cut off from him is like losing a limb.
It sounds stupid, I know.
But he is the person I’m the most honest with.
There might be feelings for Enzo, but the ones for this man I have never seen, just felt, are just as strong. And we have the kinky aspect I don’t have with Enzo.
I don’t want to think about Enzo. And I can’t think about Alex.
Shit, I can’t even think about Ruby.
I need to do something, and doing work will make me feel better.
I grab the stuff he left for me on the table and stop.
His laptop is there. Open.
The screen is black, so I start to turn away.
Then I stop.
What if it is just asleep and not locked? I could, I decide, work from here, on his laptop, if it is not off.
I reach out a shaking hand and touch a button.
It comes awake, and there is a whole lot of code on a split screen.
Somehow, I find myself sitting and going to open another screen when I stop.
I will do some work, sure, but maybe some of the answers to who is after me are on here.
Enzo might be trying to protect me, but I deserve to know the truth.
So, I start to poke around.
There are encrypted files, and I can’t open them. But I can…
I don’t finish the thought as voices rise from the front of the house.
I have got a thumb drive in my bag. I have got a number of them.
Rushing out, I get my bag, finding a clean thumb drive and thanking myself for being so organized. I write on all the ones that have something on them. A name, a bad picture, whatever it is so I can know the difference between work files.
And the one that has the only copy of family photos on it.
I look around, but I think they are at the front door, so I rush back to his computer and copy the encrypted files.
Then I put things back as I found them and take the work and go into the study.
The computer in there is on. Open to ‘guest’ setting.
Like Enzo had it ready for me.
I load the drive and start trying to hack the encryptions.
After a few minutes, I start seeing results.
“Yes!”
