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Authors: Elizabeth Basque, J. R. Rain
Tags: Suspense, General Fiction
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I want to check on Anna. For what it’s worth, do you have time to do a little snooping around?”
Carla smiled, and for the first time she took my hand. “It would be a pleasure, Mr. Carter.”
Chapter Twelve
“ I love you, too, Dad.”
Anna hit “end” on her iPhone, then shoved it into her jeans pocket.
Jared looked at her expectantly. “Well?”
“ I’m supposed to stay here, and later, I go home with Brice when he’s off work.”
“ What about your uncle?”
“ My dad and a lady cop friend are going to try to get more information about what’s going on. I think. Honestly, he didn’t say much.”
“He probably didn’t say much on purpose,” said Jared.
Anna nodded. That seemed about right.
They were quiet. Jared knew that Anna only put on the angelic facade for her father. He knew better than most that Anna was much more independent than her dad believed or imagined. Jared, for instance, could tell by the look on his friend’s face that the wheels were turning inside that pretty head of hers.
“ That gives us four hours,” she said.
“You mean before Brice is off?” he asked, catching up.
“ Right.”
“ You want to do a little research yourself?” he asked.
Anna smiled. She knew Jared was a whiz when it came to computers. “Yes, and I want you to help. How do you search the Internet without being tracked?”
“ It’s not that hard,” he replied confidently. “Easier if you have a large database, one that’s accessed by more than one person.”
“N ot my laptop, then?”
“Right.” He had an idea. “ How busy are the observatory offices today?”
“ Tuesday afternoon? Should be fine.”
“ Can you get us in? Without seeming...obvious?”
“ Of course. I’ll just say I’m working on my astronomy project.”
“ Ah, the mysterious Dark Matter. ” His voice took a sinister tone.
“Oh, s hut up. It’s important research. Did you know that there is ten times more dark matter out there than there is regular space? That—”
Jared held up his hand. “Save the lecture for later, Einstein. As long as we can get in there, uninterrupted.” Jared suddenly thought of other uninterrupted times he’d like to have with Anna and blushed mightily. Fortunately, she didn’t see. She was, to his frustration, thinking of something else. As always.
“ First, I want to go home,” she said.
“ But your dad told you not to.”
“No. He specifically said t hat I shouldn’t come near my uncle. There’s a difference. Besides, how can we research anything if we don’t know what we’re looking for?”
“ Anna, he sounded pretty serious about that. This is no ordinary situation.”
“Don’t worry,” she said, and patted him on the face. “I’ll protect you.”
What could he say? The girl he loved was in the middle of a bona fide mystery. And she’d confided in him—and only him. Jared liked that. It made him feel good. He also decided that he didn’t want to let on that he was more than a little uneasy about the whole situation. At the very least, he had to act as bravely as her.
“Okay,” he said, hoping he sounded as calm as she did. “ We’ll just pop in for a few minutes.”
She smiled and nearly hugged him. “Maybe Uncle Joe and his friend won’t even know we’re there. You know, if they’re really that sick and all.”
“Remember, we have to get back and to the observatory in time to get on the computer—”
“ We will. We can get down to the house within a half hour, and ten, fifteen minutes, tops, to see them. By the time we get back to the observatory we’ll still have about an hour and a half on the Net.”
“Glad to see that you have this worked out,” said Jared, rolling his eyes.
They gathered their books and made their way to the zoo’s exit, then along the small trail that led down the countryside to her home below.
Chapter Thirteen
Jared was getting a bad feeling about all of this.
He often got bad feelings about
Carla smiled, and for the first time she took my hand. “It would be a pleasure, Mr. Carter.”
Chapter Twelve
“ I love you, too, Dad.”
Anna hit “end” on her iPhone, then shoved it into her jeans pocket.
Jared looked at her expectantly. “Well?”
“ I’m supposed to stay here, and later, I go home with Brice when he’s off work.”
“ What about your uncle?”
“ My dad and a lady cop friend are going to try to get more information about what’s going on. I think. Honestly, he didn’t say much.”
“He probably didn’t say much on purpose,” said Jared.
Anna nodded. That seemed about right.
They were quiet. Jared knew that Anna only put on the angelic facade for her father. He knew better than most that Anna was much more independent than her dad believed or imagined. Jared, for instance, could tell by the look on his friend’s face that the wheels were turning inside that pretty head of hers.
“ That gives us four hours,” she said.
“You mean before Brice is off?” he asked, catching up.
“ Right.”
“ You want to do a little research yourself?” he asked.
Anna smiled. She knew Jared was a whiz when it came to computers. “Yes, and I want you to help. How do you search the Internet without being tracked?”
“ It’s not that hard,” he replied confidently. “Easier if you have a large database, one that’s accessed by more than one person.”
“N ot my laptop, then?”
“Right.” He had an idea. “ How busy are the observatory offices today?”
“ Tuesday afternoon? Should be fine.”
“ Can you get us in? Without seeming...obvious?”
“ Of course. I’ll just say I’m working on my astronomy project.”
“ Ah, the mysterious Dark Matter. ” His voice took a sinister tone.
“Oh, s hut up. It’s important research. Did you know that there is ten times more dark matter out there than there is regular space? That—”
Jared held up his hand. “Save the lecture for later, Einstein. As long as we can get in there, uninterrupted.” Jared suddenly thought of other uninterrupted times he’d like to have with Anna and blushed mightily. Fortunately, she didn’t see. She was, to his frustration, thinking of something else. As always.
“ First, I want to go home,” she said.
“ But your dad told you not to.”
“No. He specifically said t hat I shouldn’t come near my uncle. There’s a difference. Besides, how can we research anything if we don’t know what we’re looking for?”
“ Anna, he sounded pretty serious about that. This is no ordinary situation.”
“Don’t worry,” she said, and patted him on the face. “I’ll protect you.”
What could he say? The girl he loved was in the middle of a bona fide mystery. And she’d confided in him—and only him. Jared liked that. It made him feel good. He also decided that he didn’t want to let on that he was more than a little uneasy about the whole situation. At the very least, he had to act as bravely as her.
“Okay,” he said, hoping he sounded as calm as she did. “ We’ll just pop in for a few minutes.”
She smiled and nearly hugged him. “Maybe Uncle Joe and his friend won’t even know we’re there. You know, if they’re really that sick and all.”
“Remember, we have to get back and to the observatory in time to get on the computer—”
“ We will. We can get down to the house within a half hour, and ten, fifteen minutes, tops, to see them. By the time we get back to the observatory we’ll still have about an hour and a half on the Net.”
“Glad to see that you have this worked out,” said Jared, rolling his eyes.
They gathered their books and made their way to the zoo’s exit, then along the small trail that led down the countryside to her home below.
Chapter Thirteen
Jared was getting a bad feeling about all of this.
He often got bad feelings about
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