Chapter Twenty-four
"What's the matter, Mandi?" asked Andrea.
"Oh, I think my watch has been fried," said Mandi. "Its screen is blank."
"Open it," said Cade. "If the battery isn't swollen, it may just need to be
taken out and put back in to reboot the watch."
"Would that really work?" asked Andrea.
Tapping his own watch, Cade said, "It might. It does when a computer power
supply's field blanks my watch."
Mandi fussed with the watch for a few seconds, then said, "There's a notch
on the back, but I can't get my fingernails under the edge."
Cade stirred the instant coffee as he walked toward her, then he put the
coffee on the desk, reached for her watch, and looked at the back. Flicking his
knife open, he used the tip to pry up the back of the watch and tickle the
battery out of its holder, then he slid the battery back into place and checked
the front.
Showing it to Mandi, he said, "There you go, ma'am. You've got numbers
again," then he handed her the watch and its back and said, "I'm afraid to
squeeze it back on. You do it," and slapped his knife shut to return it to its
belt sheath.
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