For future reference, I hate being patronized. Have the balls to tell me what’s up or don’t bother coming back. Coop is perfectly capable of finishing the job without you.
To: Bowie4Evah@yahoo.com
From: Theo@hillrise.com
Subject: Re: Give me a break
I’ll let Coop know you prefer that he handle things from here on out.
Not even thirty seconds passed before his response came through. Now I’m not just mad. I’m steaming.
I send a single word back to him:
COWARD.
Then I close my laptop and go about my day, telling myself that the next time Theo Valentine shows up outside my house in the middle of the night, I’ll call the cops.
I almost believe it.
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“This here’s the smart home central controller that you can program all your devices and home electronics into,” Coop says, pointing
