Auto by David Wailing

Author:David Wailing
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: mystery, social media, relationships, Science fiction, future, Suspense, technothriller, David Wailing, internet, Auto Series
Publisher: David Wailing
Published: 2013-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

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To kill time while he waits, Derek decides to buy a copy of the book he hates more than anything in the world.

He opens the glove compartment and pulls his KindleBlaze free, causing a few other things to spill out into the footwell. He doesn’t bother picking them up, just whacks the little compartment door shut. Then he sits back in the driver’s seat, shuffling to get comfortable. His lower back aches. A fresh burst of pins and needles along his thighs makes him wince.

Two bloody hours, he’s been here.

Two hours waiting for the call.

Derek takes a deep breath. He can’t smell the inside of his car any more, but the air is thick and humid. Rain drums against the roof, flowing down the front windscreen in tiny rivers. It’s mid-September, and this year’s hot summer has turned into a seriously wet autumn. Seems like it rains every day now.

He glances through the side window. The pavement is dark and wet. Bits of rubbish are being swept along the gutter into gurgling drains. None of the people walking along notice him, as they hurry through the downpour. He’s parked in a side-street in Mayfair, not far from Green Park Tube station. Swanky part of town. Not what he’s used to. Further up the road, the lights of restaurants, wine bars, art galleries and expensive hotels glow hazily through the rain. Even on a night like this, there’s plenty of people going out for dinner and drinks. Something Derek hasn’t done for... no, he doesn’t want to know how long.

He’s not there to enjoy himself. Waiting somewhere central makes sense, since he could be going anywhere in the London area tonight. Once he gets the word.

Derek opens up his KindleBlaze tablet in reader mode: a folded two-page book made of illuminated memory plastic. It activates in his hands with a musical chime, and the exterior shines with the covers of the books in his current reading list. That always makes him scowl. The old push-button Kindle Classics were clunky and heavy, but at least other people couldn’t see what you were reading. Nobody else’s business, is it?

One of the two interior pages lists his collection, while the other displays everything he might like to buy. His car is a 5G hotspot, so the KindleBlaze is already online and synced with Amazon. Adverts play. Recommendations flash. Offers tantalise.

The book he’s after is right there, on the first page of the Top 100 Bestsellers chart.

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