He shrugged. “See, the joke is that San Andreas Capital never loses money so—”
“I got the joke.” She pointed to his name tag. “2525 Ventures?”
“It’s the bus number from the movie Speed.”
“You are obsessed with that movie.”
“It’s a great movie. And it works: we make sure our portfolio companies never slow down and blow up.”
“How long did it take you to come up with that?”
He exhaled, letting his head fall back. “Days. Literally days. It was so difficult.”
“And how’s it going?”
He lowered his voice. “I’m sort of over it, to be honest. I’m starting to look for something else. How about you? I saw where you sold your company to the government. Or did that forever license deal or whatever.”
“I’ve started something new.”
“Oh, really?”
“And this time, I want you to be part of it.”
“What would we be working on?”
“It’s sort of like bus 2525. It’s about saving innocent people. And every second counts.”
He stared into her eyes, a smile forming on his lips. “I’m interested.”
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Thank you for reading this novel.
As you might have guessed, this book has a lot of my life story in it. Many of the details have been covered in my previous author notes—the loss of my mother, the birth of my daughter and son and trying to raise them, and my career in internet start-ups.
I do hope that you enjoyed the novel and that it’s given you some escape from the hectic world around us.
I owe thanks to so many who contributed to this work: my wife, Anna; my publisher, Head of Zeus; my agent, Danny Baror; and the many booksellers, librarians, and readers who spread the word about Lost in Time.
Thank you again.
—Gerry
PS: to see a listing of my other books, please visit agriddle.com
About the Author
A.G. RIDDLE spent ten years starting and running internet companies before retiring to focus on his true passion: writing fiction. He is now an Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestselling author with nearly five million copies sold worldwide in twenty languages. He lives in North Carolina.
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