Part 1 can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n We walked into her apartment. A typical woman’s apartment. Neat, clean, a place for everything. Mine was just like that, but the place for everything was the floor. Except for the dishes, of course. Most of them were in the sink. <\/p>\n
Miss Trouble walked over to a neat, tidy desk. She turned on a neat, tidy computer. Suddenly there was a sound like a gunshot going off. I dove for the ground taking her with me. <\/p>\n
“It’s OK, Mr. Blunt,” she said. She pushed me away and recovered her poise, which she had dropped when I tackled her (yes, I do have a Joisey accent). “It’s the computer. That’s the second time that’s happened.” <\/p>\n
Hmn, well, that was the first time I’d been shot at by a computer. “Some new video game?” I asked. <\/p>\n
“I don’t play video games,” she said. <\/p>\n
I looked at the computer. The power was on. Nothing was happening. “This looks like trouble,” I said. “Can I take it with me?” <\/p>\n
“Sure, Mr. Blunt. Thanks for your help.” <\/p>\n
Great. Now she had me taking her trouble with me. I wondered what I’d gotten myself into. <\/p>\n
I took the box. It was a standard desktop. I walked out with it. I didn’t know the first thing about gunfire coming from computers. But I had a friend, and for a box of doughnuts and a pizza I knew he’d tell me plenty. Probably a lot more than I wanted to know. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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