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stepfather, Jackson. He was a retired FBI bigwig, and while Lily was cautious of him, he was the only person she could think of to talk to about the information she possessed. He had never done anything to hurt Lily or even yelled at her as a noisy, smart-mouthed teenager. Yet she could never remember him being a warm, loving man either. Her mother adored the tall, handsome man.
    When he came on the phone, Lily had a hard time forming the questions she needed to ask him. What she was doing was illegal if you followed the letter of the law. There was no doubt in her mind that Jackson was a follower of the law. “Hi, Jackson, this is Lilly.” Smooth, real smooth there, dummy. He knows who you are . “I have a problem and I, er, look, this is hard to explain. Can you come over sometime really soon so I can show you something that I, uh, stumbled across?”
    Jackson didn’t even question what it was. He must have caught the urgency in her voice and told her that he would be over in a half of an hour. Lily was relieved. If Jackson had any ideas on how to handle this, then she would be happier than she deserved to be right now. When Mr. Merrill returned her call, she told him to tell his employees not to go online today, instead if at all possible to work in house. If they needed to use a computer it would have to be offline. She promised to call tomorrow morning after assuring the man that she had found the breach.
    She was not going to do a damn thing or hand over any information until she had the talk with Jackson. It looked as if Fensile Corporation gathered information concerning anomalies. The Wolf file confirmed her worst fears. She had purposefully been infected with the lupine virus. Three others had also been used as guinea pigs. Unfortunately for Fensile only one of those infected people had been identified. The blood had been mixed up with the hospitals normal supply, and it was impossible to trace the others. Some of the hospitals supplies had been sent to the local VA hospital for their needs. That must be why there was so many files that were government property.
    Jackson came alone. She offered him a beverage, and he opted for a whiskey neat. It was a good thing she had a bottle of his favorite whiskey that she had purchased early for his Christmas present. She led him into her office, and he looked around. She was proud of her setup and abilities but wondered what he would think of her once she revealed her most recent job.
    She had him sit in the comfortable office chair that she usually used and then just started talking. “I do computer forensics for companies that are concerned that their employees are engaging in espionage or that seem to have information leaks.” Jackson nodded, his face solemn. “I was doing a routine track for a corporation that was leaking intellectual property like a spaghetti sieve and tracked the information to another company.” He was still looking at her and waiting for the real reason for his visit, she could tell.
    “Jackson, I couldn’t think of anyone else to call, and I hope you won’t think too badly of me for this, but the company that is stealing information is also stealing information from a half dozen other companies.” She took a deep breath. This could be his breaking point. The American public was his priority. The man was straight as a stick when it came to the law, and she was about to confess to several instances of breaking those laws he held so dearly.
    “I recovered the files from that company’s computers and deciphered most of the encrypted files. Then I realized I had several confidential files belonging to the government. The company is called Fensile Corporation and it is based in Ohio. I don’t know what to do with the information.” Now she could see the interest in his eyes.
    Lily watched him change from almost bored into nostril-flaring investigator. He demanded to see the files, and she isolated them for Jackson to read for himself while