Maya looked at the shiny silver phone, then at Leo’s tired eyes. She gently pushed the device back toward Marcus. "I think I can stick with my tape and hope for a little longer, Leo. Let's just buy a mid-range one we actually own."
In a small town where the neon signs of the local shopping mall were the biggest attraction, Leo and his younger sister, Maya, stood mesmerized by a massive banner in the window of a mobile carrier store: buy one get one free cell phones
Marcus laid out the two sleek, glass-and-metal devices. They felt like pieces of the future. Leo was ready to sign, but he remembered his boss’s advice: Always ask about the 'free' part. "So, I just pay for one, and the other is $0?" Leo asked. Maya looked at the shiny silver phone, then