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local Cat-house. He'd paid his money and discovered the girl was... his wife,
who'd taken the job to earn extra money.
Then there were the fake Poltergeist hunters who'd been caught using special
effects to terrorize householders, then demanding exorbitant sums to clean
their places out.
He entered his personal communications login, and was surprised to promptly
receive notice of an "urgent and personal" message waiting for him.
Interesting. A new posting wouldn't have been accorded this high a priority.
In fact he'd never received a purely personal message in his life.
"Call Hyperdine systems repair dept IMMEDIATELY!!"
What? Bishop was stumped. They'd missed nothing in his repairs, he'd have
detected it instantly and reminded them if they had. Despite the late hour in
Hyperdine he phoned the company, and his call was automatically transferred
to a private number.
The technician who'd repaired him answered the call after a long delay. The
curse trembling on his lips died when he recognized the caller.
"Bishop! Thank goodness you got my message. Back in a minute, I have to
tidy myself up."
"You're in big trouble", he declared upon his return. The ICC company wants
you decommissioned and out of the way - permanently", he said
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