Chapter 10

“Shit, Levi. You’re very old-school for a web designer and programmer. I didn’t expect…this.” He gestured to the book.

I knew everyone expected me of all people to use a fancy accounting program, but I needed to write stuff down on paper for it to make sense to me. I hid behind the mug and muttered, “I know.”

“It’s okay.” His eyes shone with honesty and before I knew it, words spilled out of my mouth.

“I’m an idiot when it comes to these things. I tried doing it digitally, but the numbers just don’t make sense. And I’m very aware of the irony that I could probably create a program that would be better than a lot of what’s available out there but freeze whenever I try to use it. One of the elders at church, who helps my parents with their taxes, gave me this and it’s the only thing that’s ever worked.”

“Hey.” He leaned closer to me and rested his hand on top of mine that clasped the mug in a tight grip. “It really is okay. It was done this way for hundreds of years.”