Sheldon, Sidney - The Sky Is Falling by Sheldon Sidney

Author:Sheldon, Sidney
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2006-04-23T03:14:41+00:00

'I'm fine.'

'How is Rachel?'

'The operation went well, but Rachel's suicidal.'

'Jeff - a woman can't judge herself by her breasts or-'

'I know, but Rachel is not your average woman. She's been judged by her looks since she was fifteen. She's one of the highest-paid models in the world. Now she thinks all that is over for her. She feels like a freak. She believes she has nothing more to live for.'

'What are you going to do?'

'I'll stay with her for a few more days and help her get settled in her home. I talked to the doctor. He's still waiting for the test results to see whether they got it all.

They think they'll need to follow up with chemotherapy treatments.'

There was nothing Dana could say.

1 miss you,' Jeff said.

'I miss you, my dearest. I have some Christmas presents for you.'

'Hold them for me.'

'I will.'

'Are you wiped out from all the traveling?'

'Not yet.'

'Make sure you leave your cell phone turned on,' Jeff said. 'I plan to make some obscene phone calls.'

Dana smiled. 'Promise?'

'Promise. Take care of yourself, darling.'

'You, too.' The conversation was over. Dana hung up and sat there for a long time, thinking about Jeff and Rachel.

She got up and went into the kitchen.

Mrs Daley was saying to Kemal, 'More pancakes, darlin'?'

'Yes, thank you.'

Dana stood there watching the two of them. In the short time Mrs Daley had been there, Kemal had changed so much. He was calm and relaxed and happy. Dana felt a sharp pang of jealousy. Maybe I'm the wrong person for him. Guiltily, she remembered her long days and late nights at the television studio. Maybe someone like Mrs Daley should have adopted him.

She shook herself out of it. What's the matter with me? Kemal loves me.

Dana sat down at the table. 'Still enjoying the new school?'

'It's cool.'

Dana took his hand. 'Kemal, I'm afraid I'm going to have to go away again.'

He said indifferently, 'That's okay.'

The pang of jealousy came back.

'Where are you off to now, Miss Evans?' Mrs Daley asked.

'Alaska.'

Mrs Daley was thoughtful for a moment. 'Watch out for those grizzly bears,' she advised.

The flight from Washington to Juneau, Alaska, took nine hours, with a stopover in Seattle. Inside the Juneau airport, Dana walked over to the car-rental counter.

'My name is Dana Evans. I-'

'Yes, Miss Evans. We have a nice Land Rover for you. Stall ten. Just sign here.'

The clerk handed her the keys and Dana walked around to the lot in back of the building. There were a dozen cars in numbered stalls. Dana walked over to stall ten. A man was kneeling in back of the car, working on the tailpipe of a white Land Rover. He looked up as Dana approached.

'Just tightening the tailpipe, miss. You're all set.' He

rose.

'Thank you,' Dana said.

He watched her drive away.

In the basement of a government building, a man was looking at a digital map on a computer.

He watched the white Land Rover make a right turn.

The subject is heading for Starr Hill.'

Juneau was a surprise to Dana.

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