Foundation by M J Kendrick

Author:M J Kendrick [Kendrick, M J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780987642448
Published: 2019-07-16T22:00:00+00:00

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Carlton was back in his room, poring over the data from the last three days’ experiments. His wall chart had acquired a plethora of post-its and colored stickers and was now starting to resemble a mosaic, as he added results and possible variations to each stage for further experiments and tests.

So far, he had managed to successfully replicate all of the previous trials and had begun eliminating items from his now long list of possible cause and effects. He had spent the entire day double checking that nothing up to now had been missed. He thought about his parents. This is exactly what they would have done. He just had to keep going.

Haru knocked on his door and entered his room.

“Hi, Haru, how’s it going?” said Carlton, pleased for the break.

“Wow,” was all Haru could manage as he looked at Carlton’s multicolored board and piles of research data.

“You’re gonna need a bigger room at this rate,” he said, staring in amazement.

“Tell me about it,” said Carlton, as he joined Haru’s gaze. “Fortunately, I’ve finished with most of this now, so I’ll be filing it away.”

“I’ve got something for you,” said Haru, handing Carlton a small box.

Carlton took the box and opened it to reveal a shiny, blue, metallic pen. Carlton’s face beamed at the gift and he said, “Is this . . .”

Haru excitedly jumped in, “Yes, it the Geiger pen, all finished.”

Carlton was admiring the workmanship and, seeing that it was also a working pen, started to sign his name on bits of paper lying on his desk.

“This is great,” he said.

Haru came and stood next to him. “Hold it up to your watch,” he said

As soon as Carlton moved the pen toward his wristwatch, it began clicking, and a blue LED started flashing on the top in time with the clicks. The closer the pen was to his watch, the faster it clicked and flashed.

“This is absolutely brilliant,” said Carlton, moving the pen back and forth as if mesmerized.

“If you rotate the top, you can adjust the sensitivity. I’ve made a different colored one for each of us,” said a very excited Haru.

“This is outstanding. Thank you, Haru. I’ll never part with it.”

Haru was elated at Carlton’s delight. “You’d better finish up and come down,” he said. “We’ve got some clearing up to do before the girls get here. Per’s ordered in a special meal for us all from that Italian place for when they arrive.”

“Cripes, I forgot about that. When are they due?”

“Lucy should be waiting for Calisto’s plane to land so they can get a cab together. They should be here in a couple of hours, I would think.”

Carlton stood up, and they headed for the door. “We better get a move on, then.”

The girls arrived back at the house three hours later, both looking well. Calisto especially was looking remarkably happy and fresh for someone who had just come off a long flight, though it was probably because her father had paid for her to travel back first class.

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