Hot Shot by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2011-03-05T17:11:21.328000+00:00

18

We can't afford it,” Mitch protested, dropping a heaping teaspoon of sugar into his coffee.

“We can't not afford it,” Susannah countered.

Sam grinned, thoroughly enjoying having someone besides himself deal with Miss Appearances-Are-Everything for a change.

It was March, and they had been in their new offices for nearly five months. The three of them were sitting in a booth at Bob's Big Boy, where they had gotten into the habit of meeting for breakfast most mornings so they could coordinate their activities for the day.

Sam took a swig of Coke. “You might as well save your breath and give in, Mitch. Susannah's still a socialite at heart. She's almost always right about this crap.”

“It's not crap,” she said, planting the heels of her hands on the edge of the table and getting ready to dig in. “The two of you think anything that's not immediately quantifiable is unimportant. That's the problem with you technical types. You're either punching calculators or walking around with your head in the clouds.”

She settled back in the booth and waited for her jibe to pierce through their early morning grogginess. Neither man was at his best until ten o'clock. She, on the other hand, jumped out of bed full of ideas.

“You've got to control her better, Sam,” Mitch said earnestly. “There's a definite pattern developing here. Have you noticed how she always picks mornings to attack?”

Susannah gave Mitch a smug smile and turned to her husband. “He's joking, Sam. The way we know that Mitch is joking is that his jaw is in its unclenched position. God knows, if we waited for the man to crack a smile, we'd be here forever.”

Mitch shook his head sadly over his coffee cup. “Vicious personal attacks at seven-thirty in the morning.”

“Stop distracting me,” she said. “You know I'm right.”

Mitch grunted and took another swig of coffee.

They had decided to unveil the Blaze at the First West Coast Computer Faire to be held next month at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium. This trade show, capitalizing on its California location, promised to be larger than the one in Atlantic City, although no one was exactly certain how many disciples of small computers would attend.

Unfortunately, the Blaze wasn't ready. They were still having difficulties with the power supply, and Yank wasn't satisfied with the cassette tape version of BASIC that would be used to operate the machine. In addition, the cases for the two models they intended to have on display had been delayed. And they were nearly broke.

Susannah had done her best to push the large, unsolvable problems to the back of her mind and focus on those she could solve. Foremost in her mind was making certain that the launching of the Blaze wasn't overshadowed by all the other products that would be on display at the Faire.

She picked up half a slice of toast that Sam hadn't eaten and renewed her attack. “This is going to be a huge show. Our booth is impressive, but the Blaze could still get lost.

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