Re-Wired by Greg Dragon

Author:Greg Dragon
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Mystery, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Thrillers & Suspense, Technothrillers, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk
Publisher: Greg Dragon
Published: 2015-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

06 | Bye-bye birdy

Brad drove out to Priscilla’s apartment complex and ran up the stairs to surprise her. With Tricia’s help, he had sold enough rotors to buy her an engagement ring and the plan was to make it a date night. After dinner at Celia’s, he would fall to one knee and propose. It was too fast, and he knew it, but he didn’t want to take any chances in losing her, especially with his ongoing dark moods. He placed his card against the door but it flashed red instead of the familiar green. Come on, why isn’t it working? He asked himself. He kept on trying before knocking loudly on the door. He heard footsteps running to the door and he forced a smile as he adjusted his tie and straightened his shoulders to greet her.

“What do you want?” an old woman said as she came to the door. She looked tired and sleepy.

Behind her and inside of the apartment Brad could see a sleeping old man, and the walls had an ugly wallpaper that made the place seem ancient.

“P—Priscilla White, is she here?” he asked, confused.

The old woman shook her head and slammed the door. He checked his key several times to make sure that it was right. 153B that was the number on the door he stood in front of. He tried a few doors adjacent to it, and was met with either hostile residents or nice ones that felt sorry for him. He ran back to his car and looked for her contact code to call her.

“Why can’t I find her in here?” he asked out loud as he scrolled up and down his list of contacts, all to no avail. “This isn’t funny. THIS ISN’T FUNNY!” he yelled, and then punched the steering wheel until his knuckles were bruised.

There is no way that a person can up and vanish into thin air. He looked at the apartment buildings, which were not as nice as he remembered them and there was no sign of Priscilla’s car in the garage.

“This is so freaking weird,” he said.

He drove to his apartment. It was quiet and clean, the way Tricia had left it when she had gone off on her stroll. He turned on his computer and began to browse for the correspondence that he would have had with Priscilla. But it was as If he had dreamt about the entire year of pleasure he had with her.

A day’s worth of searching to find Priscilla turned into panic as Brad began to remember what it was like to live without her in his life. He needed to be reassured of his sanity, to know that Priscilla was merely playing a prank and that they would be reunited within a day’s time. Maybe Tricia knows something, he thought as he pulled open the closet door and flipped the light on to see her. The lights came on to an empty room, and he looked around as if she had somehow snuck behind him.

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