Kainnan by Belinda Stott

Author:Belinda Stott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: God encounters, supernatural rings, fast-paced action adventure, dystopian, bold reluctant heroine, mental health and psychology, alternate world accessed by portals, romance
Publisher: Belinda Stott
Published: 2020-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

20. Caleb

(EARTH)

UNBELIEVABLY HE WAS at work. It seemed he had dozed off because Jas was shaking him awake, her blue eyes up close and curious.

“You were talking in your sleep,” she commented as he looked at her, dazed. “Something about magnets and fluid...”

That gave Caleb instant hope — perhaps it was all just a dream? But a glance down at what he was wearing, a suit he did not personally own, brought him back to reality and when he opened his clenched hand there were two tiny magnets in it. He sat up straight and looked around him.

All was quiet in the office with no one in sight except the two of them. On the wall behind Jas the clock read 5.40pm. Why was he still there? He never worked past five normally. He wasn’t paid to.

“Mr. Stinger is ready for you now,” Jas was saying.

“He is?” Caleb asked, surprised again. The boss was barely ever around, always in some other country doing something important. Even when he was in the building Caleb never saw him and certainly never met with him.

“They’re all there, ready for you,” she continued.

“Ready for what?”

“You’re joking, right?” she asked bemused. “You’ve only been talking about this opportunity all week driving us all crazy.” She smiled at him. “Really, you’ll be fine. They’ve as good as chosen you — this is just a formality, right?”

Thinking rapidly, Caleb said, “Jas...uh, I need to hear it from someone else...to really believe it’s real...please can you tell me again what this is about? Humor me. Think of it as you pinching me after a dream so I know I’m actually awake.” He smiled beguilingly at her.

Confused, Jas studied him then shrugged. “You’ve been asked to apply to be the lead researcher in the inquiry into the Thames case.”

Caleb nodded his thanks and frantically tried to recall everything he had ever heard about the case in question. He knew Peter Thames had been the Families’ Commissioner for five or so years, then questions had been raised over his use of some six million dollars of tax-payers’ money on research and development of programs that had never got off the ground. There had been rumors about his involvement with organized crime too. At the time, listening to the daily media reports and the evidence they were citing, Caleb had thought it sounded true. That had been some months prior and he believed the case was looming up soon, but he had had no idea their firm was involved in it. Putting away a scumbag like Thames would be quite an accomplishment though, he reflected, one worth putting on his résumé.

“Where are they?” he asked, quickly gathering up the things on his desk — phone, wallet, keys, and the various papers he had obviously been working on.

“Mr. Stinger’s office, you’d better hurry.”

He had never visited his boss’s office before. It was the penthouse, encompassing the entire top floor with views of the city in every direction. He checked his hair and attire in the elevator’s mirrored glass as it traversed the floors.

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