Moon by James. Herbert

Author:James. Herbert [James. Herbert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780333761335
Amazon: 0450389995
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1985-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The hour was late.

Childes and his ex-wife sat alone at a table in the kitchen, the remains of an unenthusiastically cooked meal before them, the food itself eaten with even less enthusiasm. All was quiet in Gabby’s bedroom.

‘I should see how Melanie is.’ Fran bit into her lower lip, an anxiety habit that he had often chided her over during their marriage.

‘It’s well after ten, Fran – I shouldn’t disturb her now. Besides, Melanie’s doctor may have sedated her, so she could be sleeping.’

Fran’s shoulders slumped. ‘What would I say to her anyway, knowing what you’ve told me? Can you really be so positive?’

He knew what she referred to. ‘I wish I could have some doubt.’

‘No, as I said before, you were never wrong about . . . about those things.’ There was no jibe in her remarks, only an immense sadness. ‘But there is something different going on this time, isn’t there? This isn’t like those other incidents years ago.’

He sipped lukewarm coffee before answering. ‘I’ve got no explanation. Somehow this monster knows me, can penetrate my mind: how and why is a mystery.’

‘Perhaps he’s accidentally stumbled upon your access code.’

He regarded her with surprise. ‘I don’t follow.’

Fran pushed her plate to one side and leaned her elbows on the table. ‘Look at it this way, using your beloved computers as an analogy. When you want to gain access to another system, you need that system’s special code to open the door, don’t you? Once you have that code, you can get inside the other machine’s memory bank. In fact, you have dialogue between both computers, right? Well, maybe this other mind got hold of your access code by accident or other means. Or perhaps subconsciously, you have his.’

‘I didn’t realize you were interested in such things.’

‘I’m not as a rule, but what happened to us last time left me a little curious. I did some research – not much, just enough to try and understand. A lot still doesn’t make much sense to me, but at least I know something of the various theories on psychic phenomena. Admittedly most appear to be ridiculous, though there is a certain pleasing logic to some. I’m only surprised you never investigated further yourself.’

He became uncomfortable. ‘I wanted to forget everything that happened, not pursue it.’

‘Strange.’

‘What is?’

‘Oh, it doesn’t matter.’ She smiled distantly. ‘I remember you never even liked ghost stories. I always put it down to your microchip disposition; you’ve no room in that technological brain of yours for such romanticisms. How ironic that someone like you should have received psychic messages; it might even have been funny if they hadn’t been so horrendous.’

‘I’ve changed at least in some ways.’

‘I’d be interested to hear.’

‘Computers have taken a back seat. They’re just a job, and only part-time at that.’

‘Then you really have changed. Any other miracles?’

‘Different lifestyle, more easy-going I guess you could say, more time spent relaxing, enjoying the things around me.’

‘You weren’t some kind of work-ogre when you were here, Jon, although you did put in too many hours.

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