Setting a Trap (Page 142)

~~~(POV: Scott Autumn)~~~

~~~(Location: On the Couch, Home)~~~

I've finished reviewing the footage now that we're home and in its entirety. I've memorized the location of all listening devices, and now it's times that I handle this situation. I close my laptop and start in the kitchen. Removing 11 bugs just in the place where we store our food. The devices are pretty impressive given the technology of Earth.

Jessica is enjoying the fun that comes with trying on new clothes... Again... After buying them. I don't need to worry about her catching on to something, but I still need to be careful. Jess is smart and isn't an idiot by any means. Now is the optimal time to get everything found while she's busy... I can't fill the silence since I'm being listened to.

Getting all the listening devices out of my house is my most important objective right now. The Aeternus Universe is going to have to wait. There are plans that I have to retaliate against this invasion into my life, and I know just the way to do it. I still have a backdoor into GBFT Inc. servers. Access to all their information. Everything they have.

It's a long shot, but someone that's higher up and knows about me might be in those servers. Knowing who I'm looking for will help with that... Question is... How do you find someone you don't even know... Even with all my mental gifts, all I have to go on is a link to GBFT. Since that's the link, that's where I'll start. The public owners and board members of GBFT.

I doubt that the real people that own and run GBFT are anywhere near the company, but the men and women on that board are selected puppets. It's my turn to break into your homes... After I get the other 377 Listening devices out of my house. "Scott! What do you think about going out to dinner tonight!?" Jess yells a question to me from my bedroom.

She has since stopped using hers for everything except the gaming pod. She's now got the majority of her clothes in my large walk-in closet and has settled in fast. She's unknowingly given me a window to pull a fast one on the people watching me. "Yeah, that sounds like it'll be fun!" The people watching me won't know what hit them.

~~~(POV: Jessica Autumn)~~~

~~~(Location: Scott's Bedroom, Sorting Through Clothes)~~~

I'm glad that we're both taking a break from The Aeternus Universe and getting closer. This is the first time in my adult life where I don't need to worry about money... About food... About safety... I never knew life could be so good. I was surviving before all this... Not living... "Great! When do you want to head out tonight!?" I'd like him to pick the place.

He was sweet enough to buy me all these new clothes, and I think he should be the one to pick where we eat. "Why don't we go down to Jerry's BBQ Smoke House?! I heard that they've added a ton of stuff to their new menu!!" That sounds like something perfect. I'm very early in my pregnancy, but I figure soon I'll start craving foods.

What I'm not looking forward to is gaining a bunch of pregnancy weight. I've always been proud of my body and have always kept it in the best shape I could with the resources I had. It's a part of having a baby, though. Besides, there are things that'll help me get my figure back when everything is said and done. For now, I'll enjoy the freedom I still have.

Scott is rummaging about the house for some reason and stuffing things into his pockets. I don't know what he's doing, but it's odd. "I'd love to have some Jerry's BBQ! It's a date!" My response from down the hall causes him to peek around the corner with a smile. His smile makes my heart skip a beat, and I'm so grateful we're not genetically related anymore.

Getting to try on some of the new clothes I got today for our date tonight sounds fun. "Do you want to help me pick out a dress!?" Knowing Scott, he'll likely say no, but there's no harm in asking. Instead, I hear him heading to another part of the house. "He sure does zone out when he's focusing..." I look at myself in the mirror, and my blond hair flows down my sides.