Dystopyum (The D-ot Hexalogy Book 1) by Chris Finkelstein

Author:Chris Finkelstein [Finkelstein, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2015-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Rachel’s Secret

“W ell, how much longer?” Rebecca asked Jan, as they rode the

six contiss bus to the north side of town. It was an interesting ride until they left the city limits. They were both dressed in the typical black or dark gray leather gear, with

Rebecca adding a dash of white accessories. Her lipstick was a bright shade of red — she had been choosing redder lipsticks since meeting Rachel.

The landscape gave way to an assortment of fewer and fewer homes sitting between the increasingly isolated sand dunes— a preview of the desert that lay further north.

In an hour and a half, they approached the area of the estate of Professor Kalep, an archaeologist who was one of the oldest members of LERN. Dr. Kalep came from an aristocratic family that once owned the mines in the northlands. It was a miracle that his family was not simply murdered by the NOV when they nationalized the most of the mines. This good fortune was because one of the Kaleps, his grandfather to be exact, was the brother to the wife of one of the NOV’s most powerful senators. The wife had blackmailed her husband into having the government pay the Kalep family what the mine was actually worth. This was unheard of in those days.

Jan and Rebecca had become regular attendees of these meetings in Dr. Kalep’s home for the past three months. Jan had been able to obtain copies of wonderful new additions to add to his personal collection of scriptures. He continued to be fascinated by the grace found in the Platac writings in matters of life, philosophy, and, of course, love.

As Jan and Rebecca entered the house, they were attracted by the buzz going on around Dr. Kalep in the great room, which was just ahead beyond the large, ornate foyer they had initially entered. He was pronouncing, in his deep theatrical voice, “My grandfather lived to see this day, and it is a shame that it has taken so long, but it is now at hand.” He had to be openly talking about the escape, and the buzz of the forty or so people standing around there increased.

Jan said to Rebecca, under his breath, “See, I told you, this group is close to news about the escape.”

Rebecca was just as hopeful about the escape as Jan was. There had been many rumors about it lately — expectation was in the air.

Rachel came running up to them as soon as she saw them. “Oh, I’m so glad you two made it!” She gave Rebecca a friendly hug, as well as Jan. Rachel was excited about something and said, “Jan, there’s someone I want you to meet. You’ll just love him!”

Jan smiled, and turned his head towards Rebecca.

Rebecca knew the look. He was going to be off for the evening, delving into long conversations about everything from the escape to boringly understanding the nuances between differing translations of the writings. She had become friendly with Rachel, although Rebecca was still wary of Rachel’s sudden friendship with Jan.

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