Opal Obsession by Felicia Rogers

Author:Felicia Rogers [Rogers, Felicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Mae had eaten as slowly as she possibly could. After her last bite, her stomach had felt like it was in a thousand knots. How was she going to tell him the truth?

Blurt it out?

Give it to him piece by piece?

Start at the beginning?

Did she know everything? She wasn’t even sure anymore.

“Let’s move to the couch.”

He complied, but he didn’t speak.

She followed him to the couch, took a seat on the end, and hugged a cushion to her chest.

“Just spit it out, or build me a clock. Just start talking and the rest will come.”

She knew he was right. All this build up was what was causing her anxiety and making it worse.

“All right, here it goes.” She drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly. “First of all, I assume that you already know that I was following you.”

“Yes, for quite some time.”

“Oh.” Well now she was even more disappointed in herself, if that was possible.

“I was trained to watch for those things, so don’t feel bad.”

“Of course.” Of course, he was trained to watch for that. She would have slapped her forehead if he wasn’t watching.

He reached over and grabbed her hand and squeezed. “Whatever it is, I’m sure that we can figure it out. Just tell me.”

She closed her eyes and then opened them, the strength of his touch and the kindness of his words gave her some hope that maybe after everything they would be friends. That was if he wasn’t a traitor like the government seemed to think.

“Max Cooper.”

“Yes, what about him?”

“He wasn’t Max Cooper.”

“Excuse me?” He’d taken his hand back and now he clutched both his hands in his lap. “B-but my friend did research on him and found out he was raised in foster care and—”

“Max Cooper, the name, was made up. The history was true, although key facts were omitted.”

“By whom?”

“By Walter Gram.”

Levi shook his head. “Maybe I’m stupid, but I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

She sighed. “Walter Gram was raised in foster care and his aunt did care for him, but before he joined the military, he was an employee for a government contractor. He was working on a portable laser that could pinpoint a target from a mile away using specialized lenses. The laser was still in the experimental phase, but was showing great promise. Some believe he figured out how to make the laser work. Anyway, Walter aka Max grew convinced that the government would use his invention for destructive purposes so he stole the design plans and disappeared.”

She paused, but Levi didn’t speak so she continued.

“The scientists who remained on the project attempted to reverse engineer the laser, but with no luck. They believe Walter built a specific code in the programming that was a mystery to everyone but him.” There was no proof of the code, but it was an excellent excuse for why they couldn’t get it to work. Mae was starting to wonder if it ever really worked or if the rumor of success had been passed along to encourage people to find Max and bring him back.

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