“I’m glad to hear it. Tell them I said hello.” Brent’s parents had been married for over forty years and were still passionately in love. He could imagine how hard the loss of one would be for the other. Had his own parents lived, Gabriel knew they’d be the same. They’d never hid their love from him and Andrea, and it wasn’t uncommon to see their parents sharing a kiss, a tender touch, or a dance, even though no music would be playing. Gabriel had yet to experience that kind of deep love. An image of Serenity flashed in his mind, along with them dancing in her kitchen. He had done his best to remain detached, but somehow she’d worked her way into his psyche and was inching toward his heart. “Where’s Darius?” he asked, shifting back into work mode.

“He’s finishing a call.”

As soon as the words left Brent’s mouth, Darius appeared on the screen. “Sorry. Hey, Gabe. Did you guys start yet?”

Brent shook his head. “I was just giving Gabe an update on my parents. I’ll start with the business and then leave you two to talk.” He went over the company’s financials and projected income. Because of the last two projects, the firm was solid so far, which made them all breathe easier. “Darius mentioned that you two are pretty much finished with the note-taking app.”

“We’re going to do a practice run once you’re done,” Gabriel said. “You staying on to see it?”

“You’d better believe it. With all the elements you two included, we should have no problems launching it. Actually, I’m done, so go ahead.”

Darius chuckled. “Eager?”

“I’m eager for anything that’s going to make us some money.”

“True that,” Gabriel said. He clicked a few keys, activated the share screen option, and launched the program. His excitement grew with each passing moment. He typed a test sentence on the page. “The beauty of this app is that the notes can be accessed by multiple people if necessary.”

“This is fabulous,” Brent said. “Will they have to access it from their computer or laptop only?”

Darius shook his head. “It should work across all platforms. I’m going to log on from my phone.”

A minute later, Darius’s words flew across the screen. Gabriel hit the “share” button and sent it as an email. “Brent, I just sent the note to your email. Let me know if you get it.”

“It came before you finished your sentence. Is this the final version, or do you think you’ll need to tweak some things?”

“I think it’s as close to finished as we want,” Darius answered. “We’ll play around with it for a couple of days to see if there are still any bugs to be worked out.”