Jonah stood staring at the spot where Charlie had stood. He couldn’t have heard her right. Why would she have dropped out of school?
From down the hall, he saw Carl stick his head out the door of the conference room, looking for him. Jonah looked over his shoulder where Charlie had taken off and then back to Carl. He had a job to do, and as much as he wanted to go after Charlie, he needed to see this through.
“Is she gone?” Carl asked.
Jonah nodded.
“Well, what do you think we should do?”
“Let Override keep the points accrued and work alone.”
Carl patted Jonah’s shoulder. “I explained that as a separate entity, I created the challenges and you had no access. She could’ve stayed.”
Jonah shook his head. “No, she had a point. No matter what we said, the other players would always have
