Ashes, Ashes, They All Fall Dead - Plot & Excerpts
She glanced around the busy café and leaned closer so Matt could hear her. “Okay, lunch is over. Did you find out any new information this morning?” She pulled out a pen and one of the spiral notebooks she was never without. Matt eyed her notebook as if it was something offensive. He reached into his suit jacket and pulled out a black, flat rectangle that resembled a phone but was a few inches larger. He pressed his thumb on the side and the screen lit up. “This is my notebook.” She rolled her eyes. “I prefer old-fashioned paper. You never have to worry about batteries or new technology making it obsolete in a few months.” He pointed to a row of dark cells on the top of the device. “The batteries are solar, never need replacing. It can run for days without recharging, with the screen on. It even has an LED light that can be used as a flashlight.” “Like a virtual Swiss Army knife. One of your inventions, I suppose?” “You suppose right. It’s a small computer that can do everything you’d want a regular computer to do, as well as a phone, all rolled into one, but smaller and lighter than a tablet.”
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