The Desperate Game by Jayne Ann Krentz (as Jayne Castle)

Author:Jayne Ann Krentz (as Jayne Castle)
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: mom 05/31/2014
ISBN: 9781469213026
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 1986-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Guinevere knew Larry was nervous about showing Elf Hunt to Zac. But when she’d explained that he was quietly looking into Cal Bender’s disappearance, Larry had relaxed. He was waiting for both of them when Zac and Guinevere arrived in Zac’s Buick.

Zac had said little on the drive out to Wallingford. Expecting a lecture, Guinevere was relieved that he’d obviously decided to let the subject drop. Apparently he had more sensitivity than she’d credited him with.

“If what Larry has to show you seems promising, will you want me to continue going into StarrTech as a temp?” she asked as she climbed out of the Buick.

“We’ll see.”

She eyed him warily, wondering at the curtness of his answer. “I could manage another day or two. Carla doesn’t seem to mind filling in for me at the office.” Carla had agreed to hold the fort another day, much to Guinevere’s astonishment. It had made things easier at StarrTech for her, knowing that someone was handling things at Camelot Services. With that off her mind Guinevere had found herself thinking more and more about the investigation Zac was conducting. It occurred to her that she was beginning to get into the spirit of the thing.

Larry appeared on the porch before Zac could respond. He had a large peanut butter sandwich in one hand and a can of cola in the other. “Come on in.” He nodded toward Zac. “How’s it going, Justis?”

“Gwen says you have something to show me on the game program you and Bender are designing?”

“The thing’s been driving me nuts. I’ve spent every spare minute on it, and it’s as though I’m having to learn it from scratch. Cal’s changed all kinds of things. I’ll show you.” He turned to lead the way into the house. “You really looking for Cal?”

“I didn’t start out to look for him, but things seem to be working out that way.”

Two hours later Larry leaned back in his chair, frustration lining his face. “That’s it. That’s as far as I’ve been able to get. You don’t know how tough it is to slog through this thing. None of the crucial turning points is the same as it was in the original version.”

Zac nodded, staring thoughtfully at the screen. An hour earlier he had taken a turn trying to play the game under Larry’s instruction. At some points he’d made a surprising amount of progress because he hadn’t been operating under Larry’s preconceptions of what was supposed to happen next. But neither he nor Larry got even close to winning. “Whose idea was it to use StarrTech personnel as character models?”

“Cal and I thought it would be funny. We figure no one’s ever going to see the resemblance except us, so we won’t get sued.” Larry paused to jot down a few more notes in the tablet he had on his lap. He was documenting the result of every choice made while playing the game. He flipped the notebook shut and looked directly at Zac. “Gwen

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