Psion Delta by Jacob Gowans

Author:Jacob Gowans [Gowans, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Speculative Fiction, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 1481199633
Publisher: Jacob Gowans
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

16.

Truth

Friday July 19, 2086

Jeffie lay on her bed and used a blast to spin a large red envelope with white trimmings. She had learned the trick from Kobe and Kaden, creating a gentle blast that sort of cupped the object she wanted to spin. After practicing it for several weeks, she could perform it with ease so long as she didn’t try to get as tricky or creative as the Reynolds brothers. Right now, she wasn’t thinking about the envelope or the spinning.

The dorm floor was quiet. Most of the girls were upstairs hanging out with the boys. About thirty minutes earlier, she’d walked in the room and found the envelope on the carpet. Someone had slipped it under the door—probably Strawberry or someone else passing by. Kobe was good at getting girls to help him put things in her bedroom. In fact, he was good at many things. Jeffie thought about him and his many talents as she spun the envelope.

Starting Monday, she had received four similar envelopes—one each day. She had already opened the other four. This latest one, however, remained sealed shut. She didn’t need to open it to know what waited inside. By the weight and feel of the packaging, the small, flat, and wooden texture with oddly shaped edges told her it was a puzzle piece, part of an invitation to a special date. Kobe did something like this about once a month.

She stopped twirling it for a minute and stared at it again. It was impossible to miss the detail of the envelope. Red hearts imprinted the surface of the paper and had been woven into the lace on the fringes. She wondered how much Kobe had paid for it.

And why don’t I want to open it?

Jeffie placed the envelope over her eyes and let it rest there, dropping her hands to the bed beside her. She sighed deeply, instantly remembering where she’d picked up the habit. Sammy. He always sighed deeply when frustrated or confused or annoyed. She wondered how many times he’d done so on account of her behavior toward him.

“I miss you,” she stated. A little tickle in her nose told her she was close to tears, but she put a stop to that right away. She had no idea where exactly he was or what he was doing. Is he safe? Is he really ready to be an Alpha and go on a mission? How long will he be gone? She felt like a hypocrite asking the last question because she’d spent so much time ignoring him while he’d been at headquarters. Why did I choose Kobe when I knew I liked Sammy more?

She knew the answer. It was the same answer today as it was two months ago. It was also the reason she had hesitated meeting Sammy outside the girls’ dormitory yesterday morning when he left for his Alpha mission. Instead of going to meet him on the stairs, she’d sat on her bed and trembled as the clock on her com screen ticked away the minutes.

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