You Fired a Tech Genius novel · Chapter 28 of 32
Chapter 28: The Price
I found her where I knew she'd be.
It was after six, and the streetlights on 79th Street had come on one at a time down the block.
Zoe sat on the concrete step in front of the plywood.
Her coat was wrapped around her knees, and her father's key was in her fist.
I stopped on the pavement a few feet away.
"You're not supposed to be here," she said, without turning around.
"I know."
"I said I wanted to see what you'd offer when nobody was watching."
"Nobody's watching."
She looked at the empty street, the dark lot, the shuttered beauty supply.
"A man walked past ten minutes ago," Zoe said. "He looked at us and crossed the road."
"Then it's private."
She almost smiled and then she stopped it.
"Sit," she said.
I sat on the step, a foot away from her, and the cold of the concrete came up through my jeans.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of You Fired a Tech Genius are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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