بخش 02 - فصل 19

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He wakes up at 2:19 A.M. by the bedside clock with the answer as bright in his mind as a neon bar sign. It’s risky but right, the kind of thing you do without hesitation or you don’t do at all. He goes into his office, a large pale ghost in boxer shorts. He powers up his computer. He goes to Debbie’s Blue Umbrella and clicks GET STARTED NOW!

A new image appears. This time the young couple is on what looks like a magic carpet floating over an endless sea. The silver rain is falling, but they are safe and dry beneath the blue umbrella. There are two buttons below the carpet, REGISTER NOW on the left and ENTER PASSWORD on the right. Hodges clicks ENTER PASSWORD, and in

the box that appears he types kermitfrog19. He hits return and a new screen appears. On it is this message: merckill wants to chat with you! Do you want to chat with merckill? YN He puts the cursor on Y and clicks his mouse. A box for his

message appears. Hodges types quickly, without hesitation.