Delta Fringe Series Boxset: Books 1-3 by Heather Lee Dyer

Author:Heather Lee Dyer [Dyer, Heather Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-22T22:00:00+00:00

14

Frozen Alive

I follow Red down the short corridors back to the fake animal-attacked doors. He places his hand over the bio scanner, and the doors hiss open, fog rolling out past us.

The room probably takes up half of the ship. There are row upon row of bunk bed style shelves where bodies are strapped down in black bags. I walk over to one and tug on the strap.

“I told you they would be safe. You fancy station coroners aren’t the only ones that have a desire to take care of and respect the dead.”

“I wasn’t—”

“I know what you were thinking. The ship is old and in need of maintenance, and they got a little crazy with the door design.” He waves at the scratches on the door before he shuts them, “And that my first officer and captain like to have disagreements.”

I lift an eyebrow at him.

“Okay more of a fight, but still I know how all this looks.” He spreads his arms out wide. “And I know I’m not a coroner or any kind of medic. I’m just a business man, but I do respect the dead.” He steps closer to me. “I learned that from your mom.”

“Is that why Dad doesn’t like you?” The chill from the room sends a shiver up my spine.

“Mostly. Your mom and I, we were close but not in the way you think…or your dad thinks. It was never like that.” Red turns and walks down in between the rows of frigid bodies. I side step so I can see him down the next row. He walks up to the back wall and pushes a handle to slide open a drawer. I expected another body, but instead he pulls out a body bag. He pushes the drawer closed and carries the bag back to me.

“You’re used to doing full shifts in the autopsy room, right?”

I step back. “Yes, of course. Sometimes twelve or fourteen hours at a time. Why?”

“Well you only need to do four I think.” He looks at the digital readout beneath his skin. His implant is round, and the red numbers show brightly under his pale skin.

“You need me to do an autopsy? Now?”

He snaps the bag open. “No. You are the autopsy. Or rather the body.”

I take another step back but run up against the freezer doors. “Are you trying to tell me I’m going to be hiding in here among the dead?”

“You’re not afraid of them are you?” He presses his lips together to keep from laughing.

“This is your idea? You know it’s much colder in the freezer than in the autopsy rooms, right? What if I freeze to death in here before whoever boards us is done doing their inspections?”

He stares at me, all signs of humor gone. “That’s why I made sure your dad knew to be ready.”

“Seriously? You think he knew this was how you were going to hide me?”

Red just looks at me.

“Great.” I shove my hands in my pockets. “Did you guys talk about this idea when I wasn’t around? What else did he say?”

“Nope.

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