Cosmic Conflicts by Robert Jeschonek

Author:Robert Jeschonek [Jeschonek, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pie Press

We ride like that for a while--me driving, her sitting back with her eyes closed. Is she actually focusing all her energies on tracking the grays? She could just as easily be sleeping, for all I can tell.

Seeing her like that reminds me of my wife, Helen. How many car trips did we take together over the years? How many times did she sleep away the miles, her delicate features glowing in the dashboard light as I drove us on into the night?

My heart aches to think about it. I can never have that again, not with Helen. She's gone, and nothing will change that.

Would it have made any difference if I'd offered up prayers to the so-called gods who rule the world now? I'll never know; I couldn't bring myself to do it. I only believed in the one God, only prayed to Him. And now, after what happened to Helen, I don't believe in Him, either.

The only ones I really believe in are the little gray men who come in the night. Maybe, when they took me, decades ago, it was a sign. Maybe they're the ones I should've been praying to all along. Maybe they're the ones who could have done something for Helen.

And maybe I'll get the chance to ask them about it if Captain Mayet, in her sleep or trance or whatever it is, can hold on to the thread of that faint trail they've left behind.

I hear her shift, and for an instant, I forget she's not Helen. I smile to myself the way I used to, picturing Helen there beside me, breathing softly in the cabin of the car. Instinctively, I almost reach over to lay a hand on her knee.

But then I remember who she is, and I grip the wheel tighter instead.

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