The Electric Mile (Gamer Handle: Vector Book 1)
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I closed it and handed it back to him. “What’s the name of this top secret project?”
“In a nod to my French heritage,” he looked as French as a guy named Wonderton, “I’m calling it Project Trefles. It sounds very fancy and expensive that way. The population won’t be able to resist.”
Say it adds to my nerdiness, but I’m fluent in three different languages (not counting binary), including French. Trefles is their word for ‘clovers,’ which is also what they refer to the ‘clubs suit’ in cards. This just furthered my assumption.
Smiling, “Would you like me to take this to Mr. Wonderton for approval or does it need more time?”
Jenkins was itching to get this project out to the open, you could see it in his eyes. He refrained though, for whatever reason. “Not yet, I’d like some more time to work on this.”
“I don’t know what you could do to make this even better, but I’m excited to see.”
His eyes lit up at the praise of a fellow tech head. “Between me and you, gl-O-bal Labs’ Owen Walker has reached out to me, wanting to know more about this.”
“How does Walker know about this?” I asked the question quietly, like I was excited to hear more.
Picking up on my enthusiasm, “He read my thesis on cellular acceleration a number of years ago and we’ve remained in contact ever since. Don’t get me wrong, I’m loyal to Wonder-Tech, but having a friend like Walker’s nothing to sneeze at.”
DL was going to have a heart attack. “I’d keep that between us okay? I don’t think the big guy or Legal would be thrilled with that association.”
Jenkins nodded and I got up. As I was getting ready to leave, “I thought you were just Wonderton’s yes man. I think I was wrong about you Jericho.”
“I appreciate that Jenkins. Maybe one night after work we can grab a beer.”
He looked down and typed out a quick text. An answer came back almost immediately. “Yeah, we definitely should do that.”