Chapter Nine
Max
“No,” I said firmly, leaning back in my chair.
I spun away from my desk to look out the window at the city of San Francisco, where my company’s home office was located. After my days at MIT, I’d done some engineering work here and there, and eventually founded a small design firm here, focused on sustainable energy products. It had grown by leaps and bounds since then, and I rarely did the actual engineering work myself these days. I’d always been good with numbers and ended up shifting into more of an investor in other firms over time, the very topic of my current conversation.
“Seriously, Max?” Owen asked.
Usually when I said no, people didn’t question it. But Owen did. Every damn time. I chuckled as I looked across the skyline of San Francisco to the Golden Gate Br
