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When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
Ever hear that rhyme? It's not good advice, but at least it's easy to follow. I leapt off the bed and paced back and forth. My heart thudded and my blood sang in a cruel parody of the way I'd felt when we got home. This wasn't sexual excitement, it was raw terror.
"What?" Ange said. "What?"
I pointed at the screen on my side of the bed. She rolled over and grabbed my keyboard and scribed on the touchpad with her fingertip. She read in silence.
I paced.
"This has to be lies," she said. "The DHS is playing games with your head."
I looked at her. She was biting her lip. She didn't look like she believed it.
"You think?"
"Sure. They can't beat you, so they're coming after you using Xnet."