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I think I liked where this was going... “Yeah?”
He cleared his throat. “I may have bought one.”
I grinned. “Oh hell yes. Now we just need one of those brain monitor things, so next time you try and get struck by lightning, we can get some proper readings.”
He sighed. “I don’ttryto get struck—” He stopped talking and shook his head, not even bothering to finish that sentence. “I also inquired about helmets that perform non-invasive medical imaging of the brain, because I did some research while I was stuck in traffic. There is a relatively new device that employs near-infrared light to determine the relative concentration of haemoglobin in the brain, via differences in the light absorption patterns. Because, well, most non-invasive brain scanning systems use continuous-wave spectroscopy, where the tissue is irradiated by a constant stream of photons. However, these systems cannot differentiate between scattered and absorbed photons. But this new one—”
“Okay, I’m just gonna stop you right there,” I said, putting my hand up. “And remind you who you’re talkin’ to. You’re really gonna have to dumb all that down for me.” I gave him the smile he liked best. “Or just say it’s one of those helmet thingies with the white sticky pads.”
He kinda winced. “Well, it doesn’t have white sticky pads... Anyway, they’re incredibly expensive, so unless I can obtain some kind of study grant, which is highly unlikely given the nature of the experiment, it’s not likely I’ll be purchasing one any time soon.”
I reached over and squeezed his hand. “But you got the proper heart-rate monitor thingy?”
He smiled. “Yes.”
My phone rang, Bluetooth putting it through the stereo system. My brother’s name came on the dash screen.
I hit Answer. “Hey, butt nugget.”
“Hey, nut sac.”
Jeremiah’s eyes widened and I laughed. “You’re on speaker, and Jeremiah’s in the car.”
“Ah, the mystery man who’s been keeping you busy.”
Jeremiah’s eyes almost bugged out of his head, and with a grin, I squeezed his hand. “What do you want, Ellis? We’re heading home.”
“Well, I’m glad you’re in the car. It’ll save you a trip.”
“What for?”
“I need you to come to the office.”
“Can’t it wait till tomorrow? I’m back in the office tomorrow at eight.”
“Nope. You need to sign off on the Goyer account. Shipment leaves at twenty-two hundred today.”
I groaned.
“Quit your bitching,” he said. “You’re already in the car so you’re, what? Five minutes away?”
“Hey, Ellis,” I said flatly.
“If you’re gonna tell me to eat a bag of dicks, I’ll leave that up to you.”
I snorted. “Believe me, if they sold ’em in bags, I would.”
He laughed. “You’re so gross.”
“You started it.”
“See ya when you get here. Oh, and Jeremiah,” Ellis said. I could hear the smile in his voice. “Tell me, does Tully—”
I hit End Call so damn fast I hurt my finger. “Sorry about that,” I said. “Whatever he was about to say was going to be embarrassing and more than likely rude.”
He smiled at me. “Would you really eat dicks from a bag?”
Laughing, I changed lanes and headed toward the depot. It really wasn’t far, and now that it was about to happen, the idea of Jeremiah meeting Ellis kinda gave me a thrill. We’d been so busy at his new office, and in the bedroom, everythin’ else just kinda got ignored.
