Chapter Thirty-Nine
October 20, 2228, Neo Southern California Metroplex, Police Enforcement Zone 122 Station, Office of Detectives Jia Lin and Erik Blackwell
Jia gasped. “You’re joking. You must be. That’s the only explanation.” She nodded to seal the explanation before her whole view of Erik shattered.
He frowned.
He’d just gotten done explaining that most of his weekend had been taken up by his new hobby. After the purchase of a few penjing trees and shrubs, he’d started reading about the different techniques and was admittedly overwhelmed.
From what he explained, he now had a nice dwarf banyan tree surrounded by small stones on his coffee table. The good thing about having a plant instead of a pet was there was more time to figure out what you were doing before you caused any perma
