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experiment.”
    “What?” Ellen’s mouth tightened.
    “I had to know the quality of the sample
and the only way to truly know was to begin incubation.”
    “You took such a gamble with our sample?”
Ellen was clearly upset. Her stare hardened on Randi. She’d expected surprise
from her new boss, certainly not anger.
    “I assumed that was the purpose of giving
me the sample.”
    Ellen straightened in the chair and gave
her a tense smile.
    Randi glanced down, noticing Ellen gripped
the arms of the chair so hard, her knuckles turned white. Why was she angry?
Could Randi be misinterpreting anger for excitement?
    “Go on, Randi,” Ellen coaxed.
    “Well, the model is further along than I’ve
led you to believe.”
    “What exactly does that mean?” Ellen leaned
forward with a look that sent a chill down Randi’s spine.
    “Just…that I’m working on the project. It’s
impossible to accurately assess in sterile conditions so I’ve always worked on
prototypes from my home lab.”
    “So two months?” Ellen asked, referring to
her earlier comment on when the first model would be ready. “You need two
months to do what exactly?”
    “I’ve had the skeletal framework for over
two years, Ellen. As I said, I’ve attempted DNA enhancement previously, on my
own.”
    “I understand. But if you’re further along,
why do you need two months? We should begin the DNA enhancement in our lab
immediately so we can grow the flesh over the titanium frame—”
    Randi took a deep breath. This was where
she knew she’d end up at odds with her new employer.
    “Randi?”
    “I was hoping I might be allowed to do the
initial stages in my private lab.”
    “Out of the question. The security risk is
too high. We are talking about illegal—”
    “Please hear me out, Ellen,” Randi
interrupted.
    Ellen stopped talking and nodded.
    “The fact it’s illegal is exactly the
reason I wish to conduct the work in my home lab. I have the latest security
system on the market. It’s the Valente Demarko system.” She paused when Ellen’s
eyes widened. Randi had purchased the system right after signing her employment
contract, using a large portion of her sign-on bonus to pay for it. “It was
tested three times by three independent contractors. None of them were able to
breach the security.”
    “Go on,” Ellen said, relaxing in the chair.
    “If you allow me to conduct the work in my
lab, your company has plausible deniability. I’m sure your legal council would
agree.”
    Ellen stiffened.
    “And if you can say you didn’t know I was
doing this work then I will be the one to take the fall—”
    “And you could go to prison for the rest of
your life, Randi,” Ellen said.
    “My employment contract has a legal
assistance clause. I’m not a fool. I have no intention of serving time in
prison. Besides I don’t think the world will allow it once we go public.”
    “But why would you be willing to take all
this on your shoulders?” she asked.
    “Because it’s my work, Ellen. I believe in
what I’m doing. I’ve spent my entire career getting to this point. Can you
assure me that no one in R&D will leak the information? Think about it.
Once they see what is being created and just how successful it is—”
    “My people go through the most rigorous
background and interviewing process—”
    “I know,” Randi said, trying to stave off
the rising indignation in her new employer. This was not how she wanted their
first meeting to go. “But we both know how industrial espionage can be. I have
a lot of competitors who would love to ruin my career or steal my work.”
    “I think your project will be safe in our
hands,” Ellen smiled.
    Randi rushed to drive her point home.
“Let’s say you hired someone who passes all the security checks and goes
through the process, but that someone was hired several years ago. What if a
competitor selected one of your R&D employees with the intent to groom her
to be a mole?”
    “Randi, do