Chapter 4

He didn’t miss the smirk on Quin’s face. “I could disable it, you know. Lock it down from IT. Then you’d haveto use the Mac.”

“I’d know it was you,” Jerry pointed out as he shut down the laptop. “Then where would we be?”

“You’d be using the Mac,” Quin said.

Jerry ignored the comment as he waited for the laptop to turn off. A minute passed, two, but the shutdown screen didn’t disappear. “I thought you said you fixed this thing.”

“I debugged it,” Quin clarified. “It’s free of viruses, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to run any faster. It’s still a dinosaur for old fogies.”

“Like me?” Jerry joked. When the screen finally went black, he shut the laptop and tucked it into his briefcase. “Why are we going out again if all you’re going to do is make fun of how old I am all night long?”

Quin laughed. “Because age breeds experience. I’ve yet to meet someone who could please me. I’m hoping you know something others don’t.”