Chapter 5

I held back a grin, gave up my seat, and gestured with a hand. "Be my guest."

Edie sat down stiffly, but the manager didn't notice at all. He grabbed the chance like it was his last hope and started gushing, "Neil, take notes. This is what real professionalism looks like!"

Edie's fingers hovered over the keyboard for what felt like an eternity, but he didn't type a single line of code.

The next second, he swung his arm and yanked out the power cord.

The screen went black in an instant.

The manager shot me a glare. "Can't you…