Acheron Highway: A Jonathan Shade Novel by Gary Jonas

Author:Gary Jonas [Jonas, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban, Paranormal & Urban
Amazon: B00A47A9H8
Publisher: Sky Warrior Book Publishing, LLC.
Published: 2012-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Kelly, Brand, Miranda, and I entered the DGI building a little after 8:00.

Phil broke out in a sweat when he saw Kelly, but he knew we were coming since I’d called ahead to line up an appointment.

“Go on up,” Phil said. He remained behind his station. When Kelly gave him a friendly smile and wave, his face turned green and he cringed. He tried to cover it up by hiding behind a Steam Room Spa brochure that promised No Pain, Still Gain. Right.

“Thanks,” I said. We hopped on the elevator, and when the doors opened on the thirteenth floor, Mike Ender stood waiting for us.

“Mr. Shade,” he said, nodding to me then to each of us. “Ms. Hammond. Ms. Chan.” He stopped when he saw Brand. “Mr. Easton, I didn’t realize you were still alive.”

Until that moment, I hadn’t realized Brand even had a last name.

“Von will be ready for you in a few,” Mike said. “She’s not particularly pleased with you at the moment, Mr. Shade.”

“She’ll get over it. Or not.”

We started down the hall, but Mike blocked the path.

“Please wait here.” He glanced at the bandage on my throat. “What happened to your neck?”

“Hot date.”

He raised an eyebrow then turned. “Here she comes.”

“My date?”

“I certainly hope not,” Mike said and headed back toward his office.

Von passed Mike as she came down the hall. I was glad magic doesn’t work on me because the daggers she kept firing out of her eyes would have been pretty painful.

“I didn’t realize this was going to be a convention,” she said.

I gestured to Kelly and Brand. “They’re here to make sure you don’t try to recruit us into Amway.”

“On the phone, you said this meeting was for Miranda.”

“It is.”

“Then I’d appreciate it if you’d shut up and let her speak.”

I mimed using a key to lock my mouth then tossed the imaginary key behind me.

Miranda stepped forward, holding the jar that contained her heart. “Please tell me you can help me.”

“Is that your heart?”

Miranda nodded. “It’s not beating. Am I dead?”

“You said Zach took your heart. Where is he?”

“Feeding the worms,” I said.

“You just couldn’t keep your mouth closed, could you?”

“I like to hear myself talk.”

“I’ve noticed. Are you sure it’s Zach?”

“Pretty sure. The wallet had his ID. We haven’t checked his dental records or anything if that’s what you mean, but I think it’s pretty safe to assume it’s him.”

Von sighed and looked at Miranda and at the still heart in the jar of formaldehyde. “If Zach took your heart and kept it beating, which still seems like a stretch to me, and he’s now dead, then you, my dear, are also dead.”

“But I’m still me. The other dead people seemed to be something else.”

“I don’t have an explanation for you on that except that perhaps because you were already mobile and present, no spirits could take you over.”

Miranda shook her head. “I’m sorry but I’m an accountant in the payroll department for DGI Engineering. I didn’t even know about you magical people.

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