Steve's Pet Project
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 36
by
copier
· original author:
pats2015
A super hacker Debbie was not. The locked folder icon hidden behind the empty password bar gnawed at her. Still she was going to give this her best shot. After typing all her kids' birthdays as well as her and her husband's anniversary the information remained hidden. Debbie was getting frustrated now. Clearly Steve was trying to hide something and if she didn't find a way to unlock it she'd never be able to fully trust him again.
Debbie looked away from the screen and scanned Steve's desk. Maybe her husband had left some sort of clue, he was the forgetful type as Debbie knew full well. A post it note, a photograph?. Anything. Debbie eyes found Beth's bright face smiling back it her. It was the ditzy lab assistant's ID badge. She must have left it on the desk when she ran out to the car. On the bottom of the access card Debbie noticed a series of numbers. On a whim she typed them in. Bingo.
What Debbie saw in that classified folder was worse than any affair. If it was true her husband was in bed with some very shady characters. And Beth, the woman Debbie thought she couldn't trust, was in real danger from the people she trusted the most.
Fortunately for Debbie Steve was a very detailed note taker and documented everything. With each page Debbie skimmed she began to get a clearer picture of everything that had been going on in the shadows. And it chilled her. Beth's hiring wasn't simply pay for play from Steve's rich benefactor. Beth wasn't only Steve's lab assistant, she was also his lab rat.
The project was a simple one. Steve provided the technology funded by Beth's father. His money not only purchased him rights to Steve's work but also first and last word on test subjects. And that horrible man chose to subject his own daughter for the first human trial.
Steve and Beth's father had cooked up a deal that Steve would test the growth function of the ray on Beth. Beth being the kind hearted trusting person she was was being manipulated by the two men in her life she trusted more than anyone.
Debbie couldn't believe what she was seeing. The Steve she knew would never sign off on this. He was a caring man and always spouted about his work being used to better humanity. It just didn't add up.
Debbie scrolled further and found a video file and decided to click. There sat Steve in the same chair she occupied now. He rubbed his eyes and looked as though he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.
"After much thought and consideration I have decided to move forward with the plan. God help me. It was always going to happen with or without me. At least now I'll have some say in how the tests are conducted. He's bringing in his daughter tomorrow under the guise of being my new lab assistant. The poor girl has no idea. Scientific advancement always demands sacrifice and sometimes walking a moral tightrope. Hopefully everything goes according to plan."
The video log ended and Debbie sat back in her chair, stunned.
Debbie looked away from the screen and scanned Steve's desk. Maybe her husband had left some sort of clue, he was the forgetful type as Debbie knew full well. A post it note, a photograph?. Anything. Debbie eyes found Beth's bright face smiling back it her. It was the ditzy lab assistant's ID badge. She must have left it on the desk when she ran out to the car. On the bottom of the access card Debbie noticed a series of numbers. On a whim she typed them in. Bingo.
What Debbie saw in that classified folder was worse than any affair. If it was true her husband was in bed with some very shady characters. And Beth, the woman Debbie thought she couldn't trust, was in real danger from the people she trusted the most.
Fortunately for Debbie Steve was a very detailed note taker and documented everything. With each page Debbie skimmed she began to get a clearer picture of everything that had been going on in the shadows. And it chilled her. Beth's hiring wasn't simply pay for play from Steve's rich benefactor. Beth wasn't only Steve's lab assistant, she was also his lab rat.
The project was a simple one. Steve provided the technology funded by Beth's father. His money not only purchased him rights to Steve's work but also first and last word on test subjects. And that horrible man chose to subject his own daughter for the first human trial.
Steve and Beth's father had cooked up a deal that Steve would test the growth function of the ray on Beth. Beth being the kind hearted trusting person she was was being manipulated by the two men in her life she trusted more than anyone.
Debbie couldn't believe what she was seeing. The Steve she knew would never sign off on this. He was a caring man and always spouted about his work being used to better humanity. It just didn't add up.
Debbie scrolled further and found a video file and decided to click. There sat Steve in the same chair she occupied now. He rubbed his eyes and looked as though he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.
"After much thought and consideration I have decided to move forward with the plan. God help me. It was always going to happen with or without me. At least now I'll have some say in how the tests are conducted. He's bringing in his daughter tomorrow under the guise of being my new lab assistant. The poor girl has no idea. Scientific advancement always demands sacrifice and sometimes walking a moral tightrope. Hopefully everything goes according to plan."
The video log ended and Debbie sat back in her chair, stunned.
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