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“Rourke has that,” she said, considering what else they might need.“Celebrity endorsement would help with the exposure and recognition.”
“We’ll need medical people too,” Helena said.“Lawyers.Businesses that may link into Huddle Hope.”
“We need someone influential, with contacts.A wide network.”
Her phone buzzed again.
HOTSHOT:I forget, how many times did you come?Six?Eight?
More than that, but she wasn’t going to stoke his elephantine ego.Though she wouldn’t be cruel either.
FIREFLY:We’re on Huddle.
HOTSHOT:I noticed.Impressed?
FIREFLY:That you violated my personal boundaries again?
“We could make some calls,” Helena said.“See if we can get local business interested?”
“We need to do our research first.”
“Do we want local?”
“No,” she said.“Johann’s right, we have to think bigger.Think about someone high profile.Someone not only known in this echo chamber.”
HOTSHOT:Violated pretty much every one of those last night.Coming over tonight?
FIREFLY:No.Because you can’t be trusted.
HOTSHOT:Trusted to what?I didn’t show everyone the naked pictures I took while you were sleeping.
FIREFLY:Not everyone?
HOTSHOT:Yeah.Shared them with three or four sites max.
She laughed, stunning her colleagues.
“Oh, uh… What were we talking about?”
“Collecting backers.”
“You know that’s important too,” she said, pointing at the frowning Myles.“Fundraising will be so much easier the more people we can get logistically involved.One network leads to another and another and so on.”
“What about Zane Dyce?”Franco asked, pepping up the others.“He’s like right on the doorstep.”
She shrugged.“Wouldn’t hurt to ask, I guess.”
“Think he could see us today?”
“Think he’d see us at all?”
“He’s in the Pacific,” she said.“But that’s not prohibitive, video calls are in right now.”
“A guy like Zane Dyce won’t have space in his schedule, probably for months,” Helena said.“Do we know anything about his network?”
“He basically stocks every home and office with every piece of tech they own.People know Dyce Technologies.”
“But not Dyce,” Helena said and frowned.“I can’t even picture what he looks like.”
