“Listen to me. I'l1 take you shopping tomorrow. I'll buy you whatever you want."

“ALL right!" Kaitlyn reluctantly agreed.

Erica found a quiet place and dialed Evelyn's number, slowly putting down the laptop from her hand.

"Hey, it's me, Erica!"

Evelyn knew it was her.

“What's up, Erica?"

“Is my brother-in-law around? I need his help," Erica said urgently.

Matthew was on a business trip, so Evelyn was filling in for him at

Hilton Group, while Sheffield was at Theo Group.

"No. What's going on?

Something happen?" Evelyn asked.

“Yeah, someone messed with my computer. Something important is gone.

I'm betting Sheffield could fix this."

“Oh, so it's about the computer. Yeah, he's the guy to call. Since you're a relative, he wouldn't mind if you called him directly. You have his number?"

Erica thought for a while. Sheffield called her the other night. So she figured she should be able to find his number in the call log.

"I do.

Thanks, Evelyn. I'll give him a ring."

“Okay!"

Five minutes Later, Erica finally understood what had happened.

Someone hacked into her computer. They got in through the webcam, and had unleashed some malicious code on her system. It crawled through her hard drive, stealing her photos and deleting the email to Luther.

She walked back into the classroom, laptop tucked under her arm. The moment she stepped into the lecture hall, the class was over, and the bell rang.

Damn it!

Everyone had to be there to hear her explanation. An explanation does

Little good if there are no ears to hear it.

Erica quickly ran to the back door and closed it. Then she went back to the front door and walked into the classroom to tell everyone who was about to leave, "Everyone stay where you're at. I've found the evidence!"