Fire Of Heaven 01 - Blood of Heaven by Bill Myers

Author:Bill Myers
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Christian
ISBN: 9780310201199
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 1996-10-10T05:00:00+00:00

The ride down the mountain was full of more Indian tales, bantering, and laughter. It took nearly an hour to reach Genodyne, but it seemed like minutes. The trembling inside Katherine ebbed and flowed, but it never disappeared. It wasn’t until they entered Genodyne’s lobby that the joy started to fade. First there was the problem of taking Eric onto the grounds.

“I’m sorry,” the receptionist explained. “No children allowed in the laboratory area.”

“But he’s my friend,” Coleman insisted.

“I’m sorry, the rules are specific. He may visit the offices or our cafeteria, but he won’t be admitted to the labs. No children are.”

“Call Dr. Murkoski, let me talk to him.”

“Dr. Murkoski is unavailable, but if you’ll have a seat, I’m sure —”

Suddenly Katherine saw Coleman’s expression change. It was more than concern. It was fear. She followed his gaze to the front door, where a man was just entering the lobby and approaching the desk. He was short, in his fifties, with wire-rim glasses and thinning, brown hair.

When he glanced up, the man seemed equally surprised by Coleman’s expression. “I’m sorry,” he said, “have we met?”

Coleman did his best to recover. “No. I don’t think so.”

But the man’s interest had been piqued. “Are you certain?”

Coleman shook his head.

The man extended his hand. “My name is Steiner. Harold Steiner.”

Coleman took it. “William Michaels.”

Noticing the scratches on Coleman’s arms and then Eric’s, Steiner said, “Looks like you two had quite a tussle.”

“Yeah.” Eric grinned. “And the blackberries won.”

The smiles lasted a fraction longer than necessary before Steiner again asked, “Are you sure we’ve not met?”

Coleman shook his head. “I’m sure.” Then, resting his hand on Eric’s shoulder, he quickly brought the meeting to an end. “Well, if you’ll excuse us.”

“Certainly.”

Coleman nodded and turned Eric toward the door.

“Wait a minute,” Eric protested, “I thought we were —”

“Plans have changed.”

“But —”

“Let’s go.”

“But —”

“Plans have changed.” The sternness in Coleman’s voice surprised Eric, and he allowed himself to be moved toward the exit.

“Excuse me, Mr. Michaels?” It was the receptionist. “Don’t you want to wait and see —”

“We’ll be back later,” Coleman said over his shoulder. “Tell him something has come up, we’ll be back a little later.”

Katherine hadn’t missed a thing, and she had the good sense to play along. After a parting nod to Steiner, she turned and accompanied Coleman and Eric out the door. But as she walked out, she knew that Steiner was still watching.

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