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twinge of power, allowed her a kind of twisted rebellion against skirt suits or anything remotely smacking
of professional clothing.

When she didn't answer, Steve scowled at her, then walked around the desk and back to his throne.
"Judy doesn't say much, she just observes."

"Observing is fine," Rodriguez said, casting her another dazzling smile. "1 pay Miss Carmody to observe,
and to fix. I'm interested only in results."

It was too warm in here. It was too warm everywhere. Why couldn't this meeting take place on a
webvid? What were those freaking conference applications for?

Personal contact was the key to good business, Steve always claimed. If so, Judy was locked out.

She had to say something.

Rodriguez continued. "I must warn you, Steve, that I have only half an hour, then 1 catch a plane to that
conference up north. So, please, not too technical — just straight talk."

Steve adjusted his tie, "Yes, of course."

They just continued without her. She had to say something. "It's a delight to see you, Mr. Rodriguez."

Rodriguez shot a baffled glance at Steve. It was the look people always exchanged when Judy was
around. As if saying, What an idiot.

From Rodriguez: "So. What exactly is wrong with DVD's security system? I didn't understand the
technical jargon in Miss Carmody's report."

He was talking as if she weren't there .. , because she always said the wrong things. Or maybe because
they didn't expect friendly banter from her, just cold facts. Judy Carmody, the robotic girlthing.

"Judy's tired," Steve said. "She was up all night on an emergency call with one of my clients. And she's
been working around the clock on DVD problems for the past week."

"Well, let's hear it then," Rodriguez said.
Time for TerMight. No more Judy, Just TerMight: technical mistress of the Web. The one who ruled.
The one who was confident, knew the tech, talked the lingo.

TerMight,

"Judy,"

She stared at the recliner. A nice brown fake velvet. Soothing, soft, molasses.

TerMight spoke.

"DVD's Internet security has at least one hundred and two holes. The service pack was never installed to
protect your system from intrusion. Nor the required patches for the operating system, even though the
OS patches are from your Internet browser's competition."