Inception: The Bern Project (Volume One) by M James Conway

Author:M James Conway [Conway, M James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

The morning sun had just started to shine through the windows when John got out of bed. He had caught a few hours of sleep after being relieved by Morgan at 2:00AM and had assumed everything had gone okay, since Morgan hadn’t woken him. Of course, Morgan liked to handle things by himself and may have decided to take care of any problem that he came across without waking anyone.

Having put on a faded gray T-shirt and light denim jeans, John found Morgan sitting outside on his back deck, leaning back with his feet up on the table, still wearing the black kilt. Morgan had changed into his AC/DC T-shirt, one of many articles of clothing that he kept at John’s house.

Freshly made coffee sat in the coffee maker on the counter, with two empty cups sitting next to it. John poured coffee in both, black, and walked outside.

“Good morning!” Morgan said, without looking back.

“Any problems last night?” John took the seat next to Morgan, both facing east toward the Cascades, not a cloud in the sky. He handed him a cup of coffee, which he took and put to his mouth.

“Not here.” Morgan took another sip. “I’m sure those to the west of us had their fair share of problems, soon to be ours.”

John looked around. “Where’s Frankie?”

“At home. After I relieved you, I told Frankie to go get some sleep.”

“It would have been nice to have that extra pair of eyes, though. You can’t be everywhere, Morgan.”

“Unless I’m with you, I work better alone. You know that.”

John did.

“There were faint screams last night. They were pretty quiet, but they came from the direction of the freeway. I couldn’t really tell if it was kids playing or if there was an actual emergency, but whatever. There were sounds of a few crashes, explosions to the west.”

John looked at Morgan and saw him sniffing his coffee, staring straight ahead. “What’s on your mind? Something wrong with the coffee?”

Morgan shook his head. “Just makes me wonder.”

John nodded. “Tons of things to wonder about right now.”

“True, but I’m just thinking about Brie and Sam. They both had to work yesterday morning. Right when all this shit went down. Just wondering what happened to them.”

John had thought of that too, but he was optimistic. “I’m sure they’re fine. You know that Sam has a crush on her and almost certainly used this whole thing as a way to protect her, show her how courageous he is.” John smiled. “Besides, they both know we have that .357 Magnum in the back with extra ammo. I’m sure they’re fine.”

Morgan quickly changed the subject. “What’s the plan?”

“We should head over there and discuss it with everyone and get some breakfast.”

“Not yet. You and I need to discuss a plan first. We’re a team, and, yes, we’ll discuss it with everyone, but you and I need to talk about yesterday.”

John sighed, then leaned back. “It’s a little fuzzy. I didn’t see much, except that boat.”

“Yeah, a patrol boat.

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