“Sounds good. I’m going to start working on a marketing angle. Can you send me all the specs?”

“I’ll bring it to your office when Gabe and I are done.”

“Thanks. Anything else you need from me before I log off?”

Gabriel and Darius had nothing else for him.

“Okay. See you in a bit, D. Oh, before I go, how is the relationship with Serenity going, G?”

Gabriel should’ve known he wouldn’t be able to conduct the call without one question. “It’s fine.”

“Fine, as in it’s no big deal, just a friends with benefits kind of thing, or fine, as in you finally realize you really like her and she has potential for something more?”

As much as he wanted to say it was the former, he was marching toward the latter and couldn’t do a thing about it. “I don’t know.”

A slow grin spread across Brent’s face, as if he didn’t believe that lie any more than Gabriel did. “Whatever you say.”

Darius shook his head. “I told him he should think about staying a little longer to decide, especially since Nana said she wasn’t moving. Period.”

Gabriel sighed. “In case you forgot, we have a company to run. In Atlanta.”

“True,” Brent said. “And we’ve been running it just fine these past two months. It’ll continue to be that way, regardless of location. The last time I checked, technology is pretty advanced that way. By the way, you said you didn’t know whether the relationship had the potential for more, but everything you’ve done with her points to exactly that. See you later.” And he was gone.

Gabriel shot Darius a dark glare.

“Don’t look at me like that. You know I’m right, bro. Glenn did the same thing when he was fighting falling in love with Toya. You see how that turned out.”

Not wanting to dive into his muddled emotions or the fact that Brent had been correct in his assessment, he changed the subject. “I made some notes on the new video game.”

Darius laughed. “Okay, I can take a hint. Whatcha got?”

For the next two hours, they discussed the game that would take place on an island where a player tried to reach a safe zone. The beauty of the game would be that each time a person logged on, they’d have a different and new experience. No two games would be the same.

“I like this. We can vary the experiences from fun to survival. Since it’s on an island, we can include pirates and jungle animals.” Darius angled his head thoughtfully. “I’ll see what else I can come up with. When do you want to start?”