Strange Encounters by Jean Pamplin

Author:Jean Pamplin [Pamplin, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heaven's Touch Books
Published: 2020-06-09T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

SALLY CAUGHT BUD AT THE office. What a switch. He was usually out covering a story, or otherwise involved in chasing one, especially on a Saturday. No receptionist, but the building was open.

“Hi, Bud, it’s Sally. My day off, so thought I’d come by and see where the boss hangs his hat.”

No answer. Where is he? She was straightening his desk when he came in.

“Trying to make an organized gentleman out of me? Sorry, but I live surrounded by paper. Still, you bring a pleasant change.”

The brilliant smile on Sally’s face had a glow that reflected in Bud’s eyeglasses. He didn’t wear them often, but perched on the tip of his nose with him peering over, they mesmerized Sally. Was that a school-boy pink-cheeked flush?

Sally caught Bud’s return stare and found her own cheeks heating. Wow. “You can’t be coming on to every woman that comes in this office.”

Bud relaxed and laughed. “Not every woman—just one.” He laid his glasses on a pile of papers.

“Let’s meet for dinner,” Sally blurted out.

“I’m willing.”

A comfortable silence followed. Sally finally broke it. “I’ve got something to share. But first, you did tell me at some point that a man disappeared from here in the ’40s, and that his initials were A.G.—right?”

“I don’t remember, but I probably did.”

“You did. I was looking up A.G. Jones at the time.”

“Well, if you remembered, why are you asking me?”

“Just prolonging the surprise.” Sally’s face barely restrained her excitement. “You know my neighbor, Eloise? A.G. Agee was her uncle. The family termed him a bit crazy, but scientific-minded, and taken with Einstein and Tesla.”

Bud bent forward, his interest apparent.

Sally rushed on. “I’ve been looking up information on Einstein’s theories. He believed time was an illusion and a true 4th dimension doesn’t have time. Info on the internet suggests we could travel ten thousand years into the future and age only one year. If A.G. Jones is A.G. Agee, and the guy really disappeared into the future, he would not have aged like normal. Eloise must be in her ’90s, so an uncle would be dead by now...unless...” Sally left the question hanging.

Bud jumped up. “That’s why he showed up at the Senior Center.”

Sally matched his move and sprang from her chair. “What are you talking about?”

“The Center was once A.G. Agee’s Insurance Company. Remember the faded sign on the brick?”

“No. But if you do, that’s all that matters.” She ran around the desk and gave Bud a big hug, dancing him into her arms. “We’ve got it.”

“That’s why the news reported him missing. He went on a time travel walkabout.” Bud’s grip loosened. He bent to plant a kiss.

She pulled back, then moved forward to bury herself in the moment. They giggled like kids caught in some kind of puberty surge. Sally could only wonder at the crazy magic. In confusion, she stepped away.

Still excited, Bud shook himself and salvaged a stoic expression. “A trip like that would require an energy source.”

“Maybe a glitch, like Elliott’s always talking about.

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