Spiders From The Shadows by Chris Stewart

Author:Chris Stewart [Stewart, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mercury Ink
Published: 2013-04-05T06:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

Offutt Air Force Base, Headquarters, U.S. Strategic Command, Eight Miles South of Omaha, Nebraska

Sam Brighton was tired of waiting. He was tired of the uncertainty. He was tired of being held in the small office and not being told what was going on. He was a warrior, and the frustration of inactivity burned like a hot coal inside him. He could feel the sense of urgency in the pace of operations all around him. There was a real war going on and it was going on without him, which was driving him insane. Here he was, stuffed away inside a waiting room, no weapons, no information, no plan. He felt agitated, almost angry, wanting to get in the fight. He missed the vital sense of purpose that came with battle: the chaos, the noise, the uncertainty, the rush of adrenaline, the action, the ecstasy, the sure feeling that no matter what happened to him he was doing something good. All of that was missing now. He was ready to move.

The office door opened and his mother walked into the room. He moved anxiously toward her. “So?” he asked before she could even shut the door.

She shrugged her shoulders. “They canceled the meeting,” she said.

Sam gritted his teeth. “Are you kidding me? What have you been doing? You’ve been gone for almost two hours.”

“They left me waiting. I was close, I think, but something came up.”

“They didn’t give you any explanation? They didn’t tell you anything about what’s going on out there?”

“No, Sam, they didn’t, and let’s not flatter ourselves. We’re not that important right now, not in the grand scheme of things. We’re lucky even to be here. I’m certainly not going to complain.”

Sam turned away and ground his teeth again. “Sure, Mom,” he said.

Behind him, his brothers were sitting on the floor of the small office under the only window, which looked out on the military base three floors below. They’d pushed the metal desk aside and laid out their sleeping bags for padding. Azadeh was sitting apart, against the back wall. Mary and her daughter were not with them; they’d been taken to the base hospital for a checkup the day before. Kelly Beth’s obvious poor health and low weight had raised enough concerns that the medic who had been assigned to them had wanted to examine her.

Sara smiled as she remembered Mary trying to explain to the young medic what had happened to her daughter. “Two weeks ago, she was dying of cancer sensed the presence. Co,” she had started. “She was right on death’s door. But the good Lord sent an angel to bless and save her. The good Lord sent that young man and his family over there.” She pointed toward Sam. “He blessed her with righteous oil and now she’s healed as well as you can see.”

The medic had responded with a patronizing grin. Mary had gone on, but the medic wasn’t listening anymore.

Before Mary had left with Kelly Beth for the hospital, Sara had pulled her aside.

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