"You were the one sending all of those coupons, weren't you?" Noelle demanded.
Perry fiddled with his hands and would not meet her eyes. "Yes. It was all I could do to help you at the time."
She suddenly remembered how he had talked about feeling helpless unable to do anything for someone he cared about. That had a whole new meaning to it knowing he had been stuck inside a computer.
A horrible thought hit her. "That day I was crying in the stairwell…you sent Larry, didn't you?"
"Not exactly. He could tell I was upset and asked me why. I had to tell him the truth because I cannot lie. It goes against my programming. He felt sorry for me and that is why he went. I had to tell him everything after that. I had been keeping it from him before then.
"He felt terrible that he had created me in such a way but did not think there was anything he could do at the time. I discovered what Mr. Britton was up to and acted on my own.
