Doc reassured her. “Pure coincidence. You're very young, I thought a backpack was going to be more useful.”
Feeling that words were not enough, she hugged him, holding his waist, while he clumsily patted her on her back. Gus, next to them, was champing at the bit.
“Hurry up, open the bag! My gift's inside!”
She dug her hand into the backpack and touched something cold and metallic.
“No way!” she shouted incredulously. “You got me a phone?”
She pulled it out to admire the big display: she would have been able to take fantastic pictures with that!
“It's bigger than my hand! How much did you two spend?”
“He comes from a rich family, and as for me? Not a cent,” Gus said quite upright. “I invented it myself and it’ll be going on sale in two months. I also took the liberty of loading it w
