“The WiFi stuff—”
“Well, you see—”
“Stop, okay? I’ve heard you explain it ten times now and I still don’t get it. Maybe after a semester or two of electrical engineering it’ll make more sense.”
“Okay,” Adam said, smiling broadly to show no hard feelings. “Hey,” he said, carefully. “If you didn’t understand what we were doing, then why did you do it?”
Link cocked his head, as if examining him for traces of sarcasm, then looked away. “I don’t know. It was exciting, even if I didn’t quite get it. Everyone else seemed to get it, sort of, and it was fun to work alongside of them, and sometimes the money was okay.”
Which is why she decided to—
Damn, what did she decide to do? That was shaping up to be a really good opener.
Which is why she wasn’t surprised when he didn’t come home for three nights in a row.
Aha.
“No hard feelings, Link,” Adam said. “I’m really grateful for the help you gave us and I hope you’ll think about helping again in the fall… ”