Sedona Conspiracy by James C. Glass

Author:James C. Glass
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction, adventure, aliens, ufos
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: 2012-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

THE GOLDEN MAN

They ate Mexican uptown and went back to Nataly’s shop. Marie was working the counter when they entered, and smiled at what she thought was secret knowledge.

They went in the back and Nataly made green tea. Eric put her loaned book down on a table.

“Have you finished it already?”

“I’ve put myself to sleep with it the past three nights.”

“Oh, it bored you.”

“Not at all. Well written, and easy to read. Very interesting.”

“But you don’t believe any of it.”

“Sorry. I guess I have a bookkeeper’s mind. The distances between stars are just too huge. I doubt we’ll ever get together with other intelligent societies, even though I think it’s likely they exist. And if they were here, I don’t see why they’d pick on places like Sedona, or some guy’s front yard in Switzerland. It doesn’t make sense.”

“I don’t see why distance is important,” said Nataly, and poured tea. They sat down at a round, glass-topped table with a plate of cookies on it. “I mean, alien societies could be far advanced and have ships that travel much faster than ours.”

“Up to a fraction of light-speed, sure, but mass goes to infinity as you reach light speed. You can’t go beyond that.”

“I’ve heard of Einstein, Eric. I just think there are a lot of things scientists don’t know yet. It limits our thinking. What if we had a way to travel across a galaxy in the blink of an eye? Then we could all get together.”

“That’s why science fiction is so popular,” said Eric, and bit into a cookie. “No limits there, and good entertainment.”

“I think it’s fun to think about things like that,” said Nataly.

She leaned close, and munched a cookie between sips of tea. Her eyes fixed on his, flecks of emerald green swimming in dark brown. “You didn’t believe in auras either, until you saw mine. Didn’t that change you?”

Eric reached over and touched her cheek. “I don’t know what I saw, but I sure haven’t forgotten it.”

Her eyes widened. “You don’t need an explanation?”

“No.” He touched her chin with a finger, and she grabbed it. Her eyes seemed to darken, and flecks of green were enhanced by it. Eric felt a small ache in his chest.

“I don’t either,” she said, and kissed his finger. “When can you come over again?”

“I don’t know. The next few days look bad.”

“Oh.”

“I mean I’ll let you know in the morning. I might have to be out of town.”

“Okay.” She looked down at Eric’s fingers clenched in her hand. Eric wondered if she could feel his strong pulse in it.

“I’ll try, I promise. I want to come over. I like being with you, Nataly.” Oh, man, why did I say that?

Nataly brightened, squeezed his hand. “That’s what I really wanted to hear.” She reached out and caressed his cheek. Eric felt blood rush to his face, and for an instant time seemed to disappear as he experienced a brief lapse of consciousness like a waking dream.

Eric blinked. “Sleep was tough last night.

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