“Darling? Isn’t that a little sudden?”
Ida stuck her tongue out at him over the rim of her cup.
“The lady who was in the meeting with me, the doctor and the engineer.”
“Dr. Carlin?”
“Yeah. It was Carlin, Ms. Darling and the Abraham guy. Joy was all excited too, she--”
“--woah woah woah!” Raj cried with a wave of his hands. “The Abraham guy?”
“Yeah. I thought it was his last name but then Ms. Darling called him Abe, so I dunno...”
Rajesh was staring at her with wide, unbelieving eyes.
“Ida.”
“What?”
“That’s David Abraham. They call him Abe because he founded AbeTech.”
Ida felt the epiphany hit her like a ton of bricks. Her forehead hit the heel of her hand for a second time that night.
“Oh my god.”
“That Abraham guy?!”
“He was dressed like a schlub!”
“Well you can dress howev
