Read Online Echoes of Tomorrow Season One: Episode One (Echoes of Tomorrow: Season One Book 1) by Douglas Wayne - Free Book Online

 
     
    Chapter One
     
     
    Mobile, Alabama
    September 12th, 2013
     
     
     
    A loud blast of thunder sent Tyler to his feet. He half-expected the sound to be another light fixture crashing to the floor, or a crane dropping one of the large air conditioning units into the freshly paved parking lot. His nerves calmed when he noticed he was in the safety of his hotel room.
    The last few nights had been a nightmare. One problem after another kept him at the job site while he worked with the other contractors to get things right. There was only a week left before the project was due to be completed, forcing him to work more hours than his body would allow. When he was lucky, he'd catch a quick nap back in his office or, during the day when the rest of the crew was on-hand, out in the office.
    The digital display of his alarm clock flashed three AM, sending him right back into a panic. Today he was supposed to meet the building inspector, to get the final round of permits in order, so his part in the process would be over. The foreman could handle the last minute changes and repairs that inevitably would have to be made.
    Tyler pulled his phone off the nightstand and flicked it to life. He was relieved to see it was five in the morning, thirty minutes before he was supposed to be up. For a moment, he contemplated going back to sleep but decided against it. The way his luck had been going the last few weeks, he'd end up not waking up to his phone's alarm or the battery would go dead.
    With a yawn, he walked across the room and into the shower and got ready for work. The hot water took a good five minutes to warm up, so he brushed his teeth while he waited. He hated staying in hotels away from his family for weeks at a time. Fickle hot water heaters and drunken neighbors were but a few of the issues he dealt with regularly. He longed to return home, back in his bed lying next to Carrie, talking about anything while time ticked by instead of here. As long as everything went the way it was supposed to, he would be on an airplane first thing tomorrow and back at his house in the afternoon, hopefully in time to catch his son's first game as starting tight end.
    After his shower, he got dressed and headed on down to the site. There wasn't anything to do this early at the hotel, other than to catch a bite to eat or perhaps watch some TV, which he had given up years ago to spend more time with the family. He worked too much to get into any shows anyways. The guys at work used to give him a hard time about it after learning he didn't even bother watching the news. He tried to explain it to a few of them, but they never seemed to get it. Eventually, after they figured out he wouldn't know what they were talking about, they'd stopped asking, which served him just fine.
    As he made his way through the lobby, he noticed how quiet it was this early in the morning. He figured it had something to do with him being out earlier than normal. What a difference thirty minutes makes.
    The storm raged on as he walked through the sliding double doors and under the protection of the canopy. The winds were calm, yet the rain came down in sheets, drenching the world around. He was glad most of the outdoors work at the complex was done, otherwise a storm like this might keep him in town a few more days while the ground dried up enough to work with. The only thing left to do outside was to get the landscaping company in to beautify the grounds surrounding the buildings. Something that didn't require his presence.
    Tyler sprinted across the parking lot to his truck, pressing his key fob to open the doors when he got close. He'd gotten in late last night and had to take a spot well in the back of the lot. If you'd watch the news, you would've known there was a storm coming in, he thought as he opened the door and jumped inside. His rain soaked clothes slid across the smooth leather, nearly sending him into the passenger seat of the rental car. They wouldn't be