Shattered Glass Page #7

and this is

spectacular.

Andy... no.

It's not like you found the story

yourself. Kambiz handed it to you.

If I hadn't been at the dentist,

it might be me about to get famous.

So why don't you just...

share the wealth, okay? Sh*t!

That came out a lot uglier

than I meant it. Sorry.

Hey.

Hey.

Well, Ian Restil

e-mailed me right back.

It might be tough to put you

in touch with him directly, though,

or at least until next week.

This is his e-mail:

"Your story screwed up my deal,

I don't to talk to y..."

I think he meant...

- "I don't want to talk to you."

Yeah. "I'm on vacation with my parents,

so leave me alone."

What kind of parent goes on vacation

with their kid in early May?

That's a good question.

I guess you have to know his mom.

She's a little quirky.

That's his e-mail address,

if you want to write him yourself.

These are all my notes.

That's the number for the National

Assembly of Hackers.

Don't be thrown if all you hear

is a dark, deep, heavy breathing.

It's... I don't know,

their outgoing voicemail message.

Don't ask me why.

And then that's the number

for Jukt Micronics.

The chairman's name

is George Sims.

I can't figure why this Penenberg guy

would have such hard time finding it,

but you know, whatever.

That's the URL

to their website.

And then, I can't seem to find

Joe Hiert's number.

I was looking all over at home.

It's somewhere there. I know it is.

I'll get that to you tomorrow,

if that's okay.

- Sure.

- Yeah.

He's Restil's agent.

Should l...

I'll give you some privacy.

No. Have a seat.

" " is that Palo Alto?

Er, no, Silicon Valley.

You'll probably get

a voicemail. I usually do.

"You've reached

the offices of Jukt Micronics.

Please leave a message. "

This is Charles Lane, I'm calling

from The New Republic magazine

in Washington D.C., I'd like to speak

to George Sims, if I could.

They already have

our number.

I guess you already have

our number. Thank you.

I'm sorry. We've just like spoken

a million times now.

That's actually his voice

on the answering machine.

Sims is so hands-on,

he won't even let his secretary

do an outgoing message.

Who's next?

Er, Penenberg.

Oh.

- This is Adam.

- Hi, it's Chuck Lane.

- Hi, Chuck.

- I've got a phone number for you.

- Phone number for what?

For George Sims, at Jukt Micronics.

You got a pen?

Yeah, sure.

Okay, thanks.

It's a phone number

for Jukt Micronics.

"You've reached

the offices of Jukt Micronics.

Please leave a message."

Do me a favor.

Call this number,

the same time I do, okay?

Ready?

- Yeah.

- Go.

"You've reached the offices

of Jukt Micronics.

- Please leave a message."

- What did you get?

- It's voicemail.

- I got a busy signal. Hang up.

Try again, okay?

Redial.

- Busy signal.

- "You've reached the offices of Jukt..."

- I get a voicemail. Hang up.

A major software company

with one phone line?

How are you doing?

Good.

- He's up to °.

- Oh, sh*t.

Come here, buddy.

- Should I give him a bath?

- That would be great.

- Yeah.

How are you doing?

Hello?

Hello, this is George Sims.

May I speak with Charles Lane?

One moment, please.

Honey,

it's George Sims.

Oh.

I'll take him.

Come on, sweetheart.

Yes, yes...

Hello?

Yeah, this is George Sims,

from Jukt Micronics.

Am I speaking

with Charles Lane?

Mr. Sims, thank you

for calling me back.

I don't have time for this actually.

We're trying to have an office party.

Uh-huh.

Look, if you were calling

for a comment on your story,

I don't have one,

other than to say, I wish

you'd never run the stupid thing.

That stuff was supposed

to be off the record,

and your reporter knows it,

that Glass guy.

- I'm calling to verify information.

- I'm not verifying anything.

Bottom line is, I'd like you guys

to basically get lost, okay?

- Hello?

- Hey.

- David.

- I'm sorry, Steve.

- Sh*t.

I didn't mean to startle you.

I thought you'd like a cup of coffee.

- What are you doing here?

- Working late.

Working on my article,

so I don't get shredded again.

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