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“And?”

Jack shrugged, mystified “And…so…have fun?”

Brianna stared at hi away And then she was a blur Gone

He closed the door and went back to the co to run an analysis of the antique server

About fivein his brief conversation with Brianna

Why had she come by?

Even six irls Now they tended to show up hts Not todreams

In the good old days he led up an explanation Not now His parents had never really talked to hied, so did his thoughts He knew enough to know things were changing for hi he could stop

He needed a router

Or he needed to find Brianna and…and talk to her Maybe about the router

An idea hit him with such force, he felt as if it had stopped his heart for a second: Had Brianna been asking hio with her to the club? Where people danced?

No That was crazy She wouldn’t have coo to a dance Would she?

No

Maybe

The computer screen called to him It had always been better than candy to Jack Better than anything He longed desperately to be able to get back online, back to Google Back to Gizmodo Back to…to more sites than he could list