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“Genrika, you have a visitor!”
“Oh, thank you, Ms. Stone. May I go to the meeting room, then?”
“Of course, dear. And you are allowed to go outside, too. You have an hour.”
Genrika Zhirova was elated; it had to be Shaw … but what if it was her cousin, Vadim, instead? Nah, he had never given a damn about her … yes, it had to be Shaw … and indeed it was the ex-operative, waiting for her.
“Shaw! You came, finally, after so much time!” The girl hugged the woman.
“Yeah, sorry, kid, other people to help, places to be … besides, I don’t want to put you in danger.”
“Danger?”
“Listen, let’s get out of here, there is a beautiful park outside with some benches.”
“Okay, Shaw.”
Once sitting in the park, Shaw began to elaborate “Okay, some … Government spies almost killed me last time. Hopefully they won’t know about our connection, but better safe than sorry.”
“They almost killed you? Really?”
“Sure, I had a gun pointed to my head already.”
“ And how did you escape?”
“A crazy woman helped me. I hate to admit it, but she literally saved my life.”
“A woman? The only other woman in your team you told me about was Joss Carter, but she died.” Gen said in a sad voice.
“Yes, it’s not Joss, of course; actually, she’s not even in our team. But obviously I owe her one.”
“Okay, I already know a lot about Harold, John and Lionel. Now tell me about her.”
“Uhm, let’s see … she wants to be called Root; she is good with computers, really good; and with two guns, which is usually lame, but not when it’s her … and she is … uh … quite good-looking, with long legs, a pretty face … not that I care … “
“Oh God, you like her!”
“What? No, why do you say that?”
“You are flustered, and slightly flushed. And I am perceptive, you know … how did you two meet?“
“Oh, nothing special, she tased me, she needed some information she believed I had … after incapacitating me, she was going to torture me with a hot iron, but she had to flee, because some operatives were coming.”
“Were they coming to save you?”
“No, they wanted to kill me.”
“And how come you are here, alive?”
“Because I killed them, obviously. With John’s help, I must admit.”
“I don’t understand if you are serious or just kidding, Shaw.”
“I don’t kid on these things, Gen.”
“O … kay, so, about this woman? When did you see her next?”
“When I shot her. Left shoulder, no big deal.”
“Uh uh; then?”
“Then, the same day you gave me that medal, she came in my apartment and tased me again.”
“Out of revenge?”
“No, she simply needed my help for a mission.”
“And … did you help her?”
“I did, but after the end of our task, I punched her hard; and she went into a cage.”
“Is she still there?”
“Luckily not; otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to come and help me, and I’d be dead.”
“It’s really weird, you know. The stories you are telling me about her, well, one could think you two are mortal enemies. But the way you keep talking about her, I’m still convinced that you like her.”
Shaw huffed “Whatever. Okay, she can be … hot, sometimes. But she is also as annoying as Hell!”
“Does she like you?”
“Unfortunately, yes.”
“Did she tell you that?”
“Yes, once, after we had had … ah … some time to kill in a CIA safe house.”
“God … you have had sex!”
“Jesus, Gen, don’t speak so loud!”
“I can’t believe it! You have a girlfriend!”
“Gen, no! Not at all! You know, I am not like other people, sex means nothing to me, only a … relief valve, okay? And I definitely don’t do feelings.”
“Okay, Shaw, keep saying that. But you just admitted you have had sex with her. I didn’t even know you were … you know … sexually oriented that way.”
“I am not sexually oriented in any way! But … okay, she is good as far as sex is concerned, so … whatever!”
“Okay, Shaw, don’t get mad.”
“And now, tell me about your grades; and they better be good.”
That night Shaw mulled over her talk with Gen.
The little Russian spy was right, of course, saying that she liked Root. Sex with the hacker had always been amazing. Shaw liked everything of her: the pretty face, the body, the way they made each other come undone … otherwise, she wouldn’t have broken her golden rule: no more than three times.
They had had sex in tha Cia safe house, then In the cage, lot of times.
But Gen had also been wrong when she had said that Shaw cared for Root. Of course she would like a living Root more than a dead one, but only for the mission. Root was capable, so this was the real reason: for the mission. And for a good fuck every now and then, too. Yeah, why not. But no feelings.