As Ben navigated through peak hour traffic, Ellie read the documentation attached to Paul’s purchase order on her phone.
“Do you know anyone in security I could run this quote past?” she asked, not looking up as she scrolled to the top again.
“Show Meg. But I know it can run into thousands.”
“How about close to two hundred thousand?”
Ben whistled.
“Mind you, it replaces lots of monitors and cameras plus updates whatever system we have. I know nothing about this sort of thing.”
“How long since the last upgrade?”
“Paul told me he requested one a year ago but Dad didn’t have the money. All kind of weird reasons, none of them true. Such as Meredith having a gambling debt he had to pay.”
“Jack’s the gambler.”
“I know. And he has wasted a lot of money with poker, but always keeps cash t
