Doctor Who: Damaged Goods by Russell T. Davies

Author:Russell T. Davies
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
ISBN: 9780426204831
Publisher: Doctor Who Books
Published: 1996-11-15T10:00:00+00:00

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Alfred Jericho put down the phone and looked up at Thomas. The speaker‐phone was on and Thomas had heard everything. In the silence, a terrible understanding passed between the two men.

There were two aspects to Alfred Jericho. At work he was a lion amongst men. He strode the markets with arrogance, as though he owned the financial domain. Indeed, he felt his entire life had arrowed towards the Eighties, when stocks and shares had finally become the language of the common man. He could look with pride upon frenzied, sharp‐suited young men, his acolytes, while he was free to stand aloof and look down upon his electronic empire. The excitement had not gone, though. He could still be thrilled by the speed of transaction as the transfer of cash whipped itself into metamarkets of virtual money. Secretly, in his heart, Alfred dreamt of witnessing a full‐blooded Paper Collapse, a ruinous plummet into reality which would enable him to start all over again.

A lion at work and a lamb at home; it was a relief for Alfred Jericho to come home to a woman who had decided in advance where and when they would eat, what letters had to be answered and phone calls made, and what Alfred should wear in the morning. He loved his wife, probably. His and Eva’s marriage had become secondary to Steven’s illnesses.

They lacked the energy to waste further passion on each other, but he felt comfortable with Eva and he wished for no other. He regretted deeply that his son had exhausted her over the years – though she seemed to have exclusive rights to sympathy; few people remembered to pity Alfred Jericho, but he never complained. The only blessing was that Eva did not seem to notice her fatigue. In front of the mirror she would list the ordinary complaints – wishing her profile a little less sharp, her breasts fuller, her hair more disciplined but thankfully, strangely, she did not see the pinch‐lines slitting her lips and the sacks of grey beneath her eyes. Nonetheless, Alfred still thought her beautiful, and scorned the wandering hands of the majority of his sex.

Now, with a heavy heart, he gave his personal assistant instructions, although Thomas knew already what had to be done. Both felt deeply for Mrs Jericho but knew her capable of anything in this state. Her, understandable madness could lead to terrible things.

Thomas left the house. The path of his car became part of the convergence of human and inhuman lots which would end in the death of thousands.

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