WIKILEAKERS (part two)

Scenes from a failed novel* (issue five)

The future of Serenity stock. Photo by Gabriel Meinert on Unsplash

I liked to be early. So I’d settled into my favorite seat, at my favorite Starbucks, with my favorite drink — a venti Americano diluted with half-and-half, almond, and oat milk in equal measure — about half-an-hour before I’d told Jay to meet me.

Like the rest of this hour’s patrons, I sat…