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Bruce's POV

8:00 a.m. Monday morning

I took note of the time because Larry was meant to pick me up at 8:00 a.m. for our trip with the  Omnilert team. Over the weekend, I had my assistant pack a bag, and it was waiting for me outside the front door.

Always be prepared, was my credo. Alternatively, have someone else prepare it for me. I had some free time, so I made a cup of coffee using the $20,000 brewing equipment Larry had persuaded me to purchase during a business trip to Belgium a few years ago.

It was said to be the world's best coffee-making system. The system's coffee beans were also said to make the best cup of coffee on the planet. I believe the beans were brought from Columbia's darkest jungles and had been spit through a tiger's ass or something similar. The big deal was lost on me. The coffee it made was only passable. It had the texture and smell of burned ink. It wasn't a twenty-thousand-dollar cup of coffee, for sure.