Body by Blood by Patrick Johnston

Author:Patrick Johnston [Johnston, Dr. Patrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Fiction
Publisher: Ambassador International
Published: 2018-01-16T16:00:00+00:00

30

I WAKE UP TO THE sound of our cleaning lady rapping her knuckles on the door of our bedroom. “Dr. Verity? Morgan?”

I sit up in bed, but Morgan remains motionless beside me. The half-drunk bottle of wine on the nightstand enlightens me to the fact that her drinking continued long after I dozed off. “Yes?”

“There are media personnel gathering outside your gate. I thought you’d want to know.”

I grab the remote and turn on the security feeds to confirm her observations. I flip to several news stations, but cannot discover what has drawn these talking heads to the sidewalk in front of my property.

When I filed the police report late last night, I was assured that this attack would not be publicized, at least until the investigators could confirm the identity of the four people posing as federal agents at the crime scene. Fortunately, I did have sufficient video footage on my handheld for them to commence an investigation. So how could the media have possibly heard about the attack on me and the killing of my bodyguard last night? I hoped to learn at the edge of my driveway exactly what had attracted these parasites.

I’m a little nervous about driving the hover-sedan, as I rarely have an opportunity to drive it. But it’ll take me a few days to find a new driver/bodyguard.

The media personnel obstruct the passage of my vehicle with shouting, bright lights shining into my car, and extended microphones. “Dr. Verity! Dr. Verity!”

I roll down my window. “Yes?”

Three or four questions are thrown at me all at once, but I catch the words of a thin woman with long, straight black hair, and wearing a short black miniskirt. “How do you feel after the attempt on your life last night?”

I raise my eyebrows. “How do you know about that?”

“What do you think about the findings that agents of the vigilante Alabama government are responsible for the attempt on your life, and the murder of your bodyguard?”

That news surprises me indeed. “Who told you that?”

“The FBI just gave a press conference on the steps of your Research Center.”

“Oh? I didn’t see any press conference on television.”

My nano buzzes and informs me Redd Cranton has left a message for me. I tap it twice, and the message plays. “Did you know that the government is giving a press conference in the foyer of NBRC?”

The media personnel and cameramen press into my car on every side, vying for the better image.

“Do you think,” the black-haired woman asks, “the President should issue sanctions against the radical Alabama government if it is proven that they knowingly attempted to assassinate you?”

I am immediately suspicious. I feel like I am being scammed—and the public—in some elaborate government campaign to malign those resisting the New Body science. These media puppets clogging my driveway must have obtained this information before it was actually given at the press conference. Like an expert in chess, the puppet-masters make a move predicting what I will do next, all the while planning on me to be predictable and move my piece as they have foreseen.

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