Shattered at Sea by Cheryl Hollon

Author:Cheryl Hollon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Wednesday, Webb’s Glass Shop

Amanda printed off the last log sheet that Stephanie had e-mailed her for a manual accounting system. Although their previous antiquated system had been unreliable, it had never crashed completely. Looking back, she figured out that they had only two or three manual charges during any of the down times.

Webb’s Glass Shop’s accountant, Kevin Burkart, knew their Legacy system well and he had his assistant, Stephanie, create the forms for the shop to use until the maintainer could get their new system working. The new guy had dismantled the PC and placed the pieces beside the glass-cutting table.

The front door bell jangled at Kurt McNally’s entrance. He was the owner of the local computer service only a few blocks away. “Hi, Amanda. I’m not too late, am I? I brought you a coffee from the pub next door. They knew exactly how you like it.”

Amanda smiled and reached for the coffee. “Thanks, I really need this. My mom had a poor night and the nursing home called me in to help calm her. I didn’t get much sleep.” She took a long drink. “Then, of course, we’ve had the big mess with the accounting system. Thanks for responding on such short notice. I hope you can finish it up today. I lost another customer yesterday. Did you find the part?”

Kurt lifted an Amazon box for her to see. “Yep, I got the exact replacement part I think is causing your troubles.” He looked over to the torn-down PC. “I should have it up in no time at all.”

“Why would a brand-new computer need a replacement part?”

“I think it’s the power supply. That’s how it behaves. If a computer’s brain is its processor, its heart is the power supply. And having one that is underpowered, unstable, or just generally cheap is the most common cause of hardware failure.”

Amanda frowned. With a pleasant shock, she realized that she liked him. He was thoughtful, easy to talk to, and seemed to enjoy her wicked sense of humor. “Well, don’t rush it or anything.”

He turned back to look at her and he smiled in perfect understanding. “No rushing from me.”

“I’ll be checking e-mails if you need anything.” Amanda walked through the classroom to the small office in the back of the store. She sat at the ancient roll-top desk and booted up the computer. She wondered if Savannah would ever replace her dad’s office computer. She shook her head. Of course not. It hadn’t yet been a year since Savannah’s dad had died and, although there were many changes in the everyday running of Webb’s Glass Shop, this office was almost a shrine to John Webb.

She reflected on her reaction to Kurt. Her last relationship had been an emotional disaster. She had kept secrets, nearly lost Savannah’s trust, and at the end of it lost all confidence in her ability to make good decisions. Perhaps Kurt represented a new start. New starts were good.

Amanda had worked through most of the routine business, then checked the e-mails to see one had come in from Savannah.

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