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    â€˜You don’t listen when people talk and then you want them to repeat what they’ve said. I haven’t got a replay button, you know,’ said Andrea, looking a bit annoyed.
    Pedro came to Sonia’s defence. ‘No, it was my fault. I came barging in, not realising you were in the middle of a conversation, and I started talking to her. I’m sorry.’
    â€˜All right, then,’ said Andrea with a sigh. ‘What I was saying was that you really need to fix that computer fast, before this virus spreads out all over the place. I think I’ve already contaminated Colin and he has spread it to the office. It seems to be very contagious. We could have an epidemic on our hands.’
    She made it sound as if it was actually a virus or disease, spreading from one person to another.
    But Pedro was interested and he had lots of questions. Andrea told them that Colin and a client had gone to sign a deed at a public notary’s office, and in the middle of the document a strange sheet of paper had appeared. It seemed to be a letter,probably some sort of prank. The clerk had got all nervous, arguing with the people around him, thinking someone was trying to set him up.
    â€˜And did you keep that piece of paper?’ Pedro asked. ‘Or did you throw it away?’
    â€˜Which paper? The deed? It’s been kept, obviously. The client took it all with him. Colin worked it out somehow and it was all fine. He’s great, you know? Competent, observant –’
    â€˜No, not the deed . I mean the page of writing that seemed to be part of a prank.’
    â€˜Oh. I think Colin did keep it. I remember he said it might be useful.’
    â€˜And do you think he would show it to me if I asked to see it?’
    Andrea was serious now. ‘Of course not! Don’t be silly! Professional secrecy. It’s a very important rule. It’s fundamental for any lawyer. This is the client’s business and no one else’s – it’s private. Nobody can be allowed to go looking through other people’s documents.’ Sonia knew how distracted her sister could get. It was clear she was already thinking of something else, talking and reading the magazine at the same time. She’d better make it very clear.
    â€˜No, Andrea, nobody wants to look at any client’s documents. Pedro just wants to see the prank letter to study the virus. It’s just a technical curiosity. Maybe it will help him to fix my computer. Perhapsyou could give him Colin’s number? Then they can talk directly.’
    Andrea agreed and gave Pedro Colin’s number.
    Sonia grabbed her backpack and, within moments, Andrea was back reading her magazine as Sonia and Pedro left the room.
    Pedro was very excited by what he had just heard.
    â€˜The Brainy Hacker strikes again,’ he said. ‘It’s all becoming clearer. As soon as I heard, I came over to tell you.’
    â€˜As soon as you heard? But Andrea only just told us the story, so how could you have known it already?’
    â€˜I didn’t know that part, of course. No, I mean, there’s been a new attack. What I came to tell you was about what happened on Will’s computer. Apparently it was a double attack this time.’
    Though, actually, it was a triple attack, but at this stage they had no idea that Faye was having similar experiences.
    Perhaps even quadruple. But they had even less of an inkling about Robbie’s misfortunes. It would be weeks before they would hear about that.

6 – A Matter of Strategy
    Will was crazy about games – any games. He’d even play cards or do jigsaw puzzles, whatever was to hand. But, no question about it, his favourite kind were electronic games. If he could, he would spend twenty-four hours a day gaming – chasing, escaping, scoring, levelling up, planning gameplays, beating records. To him, a TV set or a computer were just peripherals to a gaming console.
    Will