In Favour Of Fools: A Science Fiction Comedy (These Foolish Things Book 1) - Plot & Excerpts
Johnson. He would have ignored it, but the call registered as ultra-urgent on his wrist-top, and Deed was not one to panic without good cause. He smiled at Mary and switched to implant mode, where he was able to sub-vocalise without fear of being overheard by his dinner companion. ‘We have a problem.’ ‘Yes?’ ‘Masters has wiped us out, completely; he's taken all our reserves and all of our special contingency funds. There’s hardly enough left to pay for that meal you’re having.’ ‘What about the rainy day fund?’ ‘We can’t afford a brolly.’ ‘But that's…How could it even happen?’ ‘He knew all the codes, and he must have over-ridden the security requirements. He was always good at that sort of thing.’ ‘We didn’t change the codes? When we decided to send him away, we should have changed them.’ Dart smiled at Mary. ‘It’s something Jennings would have done.’ ‘If he hadn’t been blown up.’ ‘Exactly. What do we do now?’ ‘We find him and get our money back; simple as that.’ ‘We can’t send anyone after him.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘We don’t have anyone left capable of doing the job.
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