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makes you the only one capable of helping us,” Sully pleads.
    “I swim in the hacker circle.   I could give you some names of people
who are just as skilled as I am,” Katrina offers.
    “We will make it worth your while,” Sully
states, almost like a threat.
    “I usually find that the more money
offered and the more desperation that is detected in one's voice usually means
that the risk is not worth it,” Katrina hands the Hacker Heaven disc to Sully
and then stands up.   “Thank you for
the hot dog.”
    Katrina walks away from Sully.
    Sully speaks quietly into his
surveillance pin.   “What do we do
now?”
    In the FSSU command center…
    Richard and Walter watch the monitor,
having witnessed the entire exchange between Sully and Katrina.
    Richard answers Sully.   “We do what we did in Copenhagen.”
    “No way. I am not seducing her into
helping us,” Sully objects.
    “You seem to enjoy charming her what's
the difference?” Richard asks.
    “What's the difference?   There's a big difference!” Sully
defends.
    “I'd bang her. She's certainly lovely
enough,” Walter interjects.  
    “That's not the issue,” Sully sighs, not
happy with the direction of the conversation.
    “You didn't seem to have any ethical
issues in Copenhagen,” Richard points out.
    “That woman wanted to be seduced and
didn't give a rat's ass what the motivation was. Katrina's different. Besides,
she's too bright to fall for it,” Sully counters.
    “Not if you lead her to believe that you
are Paolo.   He's her Achilles
heel,” Richard explains.
    “That's not fair,” Sully is pissed.
    “We either pull a Copenhagen or go the
other route,” Richard threatens.
    “This isn't right.”
    “You don't protect freedom and democracy
by doing what is right, Sully,” Walter interjects again.
    Richard intensifies his threatening tone.
“You were dishonorably discharged and should be rotting in a military jail
cell. We expunged your record.   You
do not want to be booted from this unit. You have twenty four hours.”
    Sully doesn’t answer.
    “Understood?!” Richard hollers, his veins
nearly bursting from his temples.
    “Yes, understood,” Sully responds,
although he’s completely pissed about it.
    Sully removes his American flag pin and
earplug, having had enough of Richard.
    Inside the FSSU command center…
    Richard turns his attention to the
tech.   “Can we intercept the emails
and texts that Paolo sends to Katrina?”
    “Yes,” the tech answers.
    “Can we send her an email from Paolo?”
Richard asks.
    “Yes. What would you like it to say?”
    Richard thinks for a moment.   “Something about how he can't cyber
chat this evening because he hopes to have a date. Make it romantic. And
encouraging. We want Katrina to be inspired, to plant the seed that Sully is
Paolo.”

 
    *****

 
    In the Chick Lit Bookstore…
    Katrina works at her computer.   She gets an email from Paolo, which
seems strange to her, he usually texts/instant messages her.
    Paolo’s email:   I will not be able to chat this evening, I'm hoping to have
a rendezvous. My heartfelt hope is that if the opportunity arises, you may have
one as well. It is time for the flower to blossom, Francesca. Perhaps it will
blossom this evening.
    Katrina studies the email, a bit
perplexed by it.   Dorothy enters
the store and joins Katrina.   “What's with the furrow?” She asks, concerned by Katrina’s expression.
    “I just received an email from Paolo. It
reads a bit out of character for him,” Katrina shares.
    “What does it say?”
    Katrina reads the email to Dorothy.
    Dorothy smiles. “Good advice.”
    “I don't want an opportunity for a
rendezvous, I want my nightly chat with Paolo,” Katrina laments.
    “Only because he's safe and familiar and
you don't have to reveal yourself to him,” Dorothy counters.
    “I've revealed more of myself to him than
to anyone ever,” Katrina declares with conviction.
    “Not completely. Sharing in person