My Cousin Borrowed My Expensive Computer
"Hey, what's your laptop's specs?"
My colleague, Dexter Grant, pushes my laptop back to me with a deep frown on his face.
I'm busy editing my blueprints, so I respond to him without lifting my head.
"It's the latest model. The motherboard is i7 12-Gen, and I have a 64-GB ram installed in it. What's wrong?"
"That's impossible!" Dexter shakes his head. "All I did was open Photoshop earlier, and yet the laptop was stuck for three whole minutes! Not even my own laptop, which has lasted me for three years, is as slow as yours!
"Also, there are scratch marks left behind by a screwdriver on your laptop's casing. It's clear that someone has cracked your case in the past before installing it back on."
My heart sinks at Dexter's observations. I quickly flip over my laptop and take a look at it.
It's true that there are two fresh scratches near the laptop's vent. The edge of the casing was slightly jutted upward as well.
The sight leaves me shell-shocked.
The thing is, my laptop was still fine when my cousin, Joe Clinton, borrowed it from me three months ago…