Muir Woods Or Bust by Ian Woollen
Author:Ian Woollen [Woolen, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / FIC000000 - General
ISBN: 9781603815987
Publisher: Coffeetown Press
Published: 2017-08-15T07:00:00+00:00
Again, night descended on them unawares. Synchronized fireflies winked in the gloaming. Amanda took Chum out to dinner, a rare achievement with a budding agoraphobe. She argued that they needed a change of scene to gain perspective on the situation. Chum argued that they needed to download every episode of Yosemite Yahoos and study them for insights into Doyle Wentworthâs personality.
Amanda acknowledged that was a good idea, but first, supper. They went to the Maroon Spoon, because Amanda liked the salads.
âHereâs my grand plan,â Amanda said. âMuir Woods is near San Francisco and also near the office of a startup called Transcendent Game Design. I know the president, Lawrence LaGrange. He owes me a big favor. We pitch our project to Lawrence and also look for your dad. Lawrence can be hard to contact. I do have his personal cell. Itâs like putting out a plate of rice for a Tibetan deity. You leave a message, and he either calls back or he doesnât.â
âIs this about going into business together?â Chum said, testing the coleslaw.
âI want you on board as my partner,â Amanda announced. âCombine our talents and weâve got a surefire winner. The market is hungry. Your programming style is exactly what my project needs. We fly out to San Francisco, pitch the diagnostic game series, and use Phantom Vampire as a pilot.â
âAnd find my dad.â
âWe can try.â
Chum chewed slowly. Heâd always known that launching Phantom Vampire from the private confines of his bedroom would take some kind of divine intervention, and maybe this was it.
âWe do need to get straight with each other on something important,â Amanda said.
âYouâre worried that Iâm a black hat,â Chum said. âYouâre worried that I would get you in legal trouble.â
Amanda said, âYou fit the profile, buddy. Youâd be the number one suspect in the line-up. People are going to be putting a lot of money on us, and I donât want to be spending it all on attorneys.â
Chum sipped his iced tea and mused, âI vividly remember the exact moment, probably about age four, when I realized that my parents could not see the thoughts inside my head. It was extremely liberating. Thereâs something similarly liberating in being able to travel wherever I want in cyberspace without anybody knowing. Itâs nothing criminal. Iâm not out to profit or hurt anyone.â
âBut you get my concern?â Amanda asked.
âYes, okay,â Chum assured her, âand meanwhile, as far as dropping everything and flying out to San Francisco, donât you have a dissertation to finish?â
Amanda shrugged and smiled. âWeâve got to strike while the iron is hot. Lawrence LaGrange is loaded with venture capital dough, and weâve got a concept that needs to get to the market now. Letâs jump on it. Do I need to front you money for plane tickets?â
âIâve got plenty of cash in my mattress,â Chum said. âJust one other problem. Iâve never actually been on an airplane.â
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