Stealing Silence by E.A. Darl

Author:E.A. Darl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dystopian, ecological thriller, BEES, gangs, scientists, dinosaurs, government conspiracy
Publisher: Susan Faw
Published: 2017-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The First Peek

MITCH GENTLY FOLDED the much-read letter and handed it back to Avalon.

“Do you still have the thumb drive?” he asked. His quiet, calm voice belied his pity and fear for the two girls. Mitch’s heart raced as he waited for their answer.

“Yes, it is still sewn inside the coat. I thought it was best to leave it in there. That way it couldn’t get lost. One of the two of us is always wearing it. Alexa shrugged her arms out of the bomber style jacket and handed it forward into the front seat. Avalon took it from her then turned the right sleeve inside out. Just above the elbow area, a series of neat stitches mended a seam in the jacket lining. Mitch felt along the area with his fingers and sure enough, there was a hard, flat object sewn in place. With a sigh of relief, he pulled his car key out of the ignition and slid it under a couple of the threads and tugged sharply, breaking them. The rest parted easily and he plunged his fingers into the opening to fish out a grey thumb drive. Written with a black marker on the grey casing was a date, three weeks prior to the Gainsborough’s disappearance.

“Do you mind if I take this, for safekeeping? It might provide some clues as to where we could find your parents.”

Alexa and Avalon nodded their approval and Avalon handed the jacket back to Alexa. Mitch slipped the thumb drive into his wallet and then back into his pocket.

“So, Alexa, your sister Avalon is a fugitive from the law.” Alexa’s eyes widened, in surprise. “And so am I, they just don’t know it yet. Avalon has agreed to do something very dangerous for me. She is going to sneak into the government facility where they make the fertilizer for the lottery distribution and ‘borrow’ a sample, so that we can try to replicate it. That may even be the information that your parents discovered, the formula that will make things grow again. Whatever it was that they discovered, it was important enough for the government to kidnap them for it. I say it’s time we knew what it is that they discovered.”

“Daddy was very smart. So was Mom,” said Alexa, proudly. “They knew all kinds of smart things.”

“And so are his daughters.” Mitch smiled warmly at them. “I cannot think of any other children as smart as you two. To stay alive and as healthy as you are in this environment with no adult help is simply amazing. Well done.”

Alexa grinned and Avalon gave her a thumb’s up, grinning back at her.

“Avalon is going to sneak into the facility, with some help from a confidant. She is small and wiry and with the map that my friend is creating, she should be able to navigate the facility and gather the sample we need. I will not lie; this will be dangerous for her.” His eyes caught Avalon’s to gauge her reaction.

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