THE PEACE KEEPERS by Tom Tryst

Author:Tom Tryst [Tryst, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

David and his wife Janet have been putting off telling their daughter, Debby, about the arrest of her old boyfriend, Eddie Campbell, but they realize that they better let her know before the information gets to her through the grapevine. He has been in custody for two days, held in isolation at the Camp by order of Colonel Victor Wells.

David visited him that morning, wanting to know why he had shown up at the Compound, all the while knowing it was because of Debby. The young man insisted that Debby had no idea he was coming, and that he hoped he will be allowed to enter the Compound and marry her. He begged to have Debby visit him so he could tell her that he still loved her. This information he passed on to his wife.

“You know,” Janet reminds him, “It was Eddie that ended their engagement. Why would she want to take him back.”

“Maybe she still loves him.”

“She’s been dating a soldier, a Cpl. Jonathan Frankland. I think it’s serious.”

David is silent for a while. “They’re leaving it up to us. If we feel Debby doesn’t want, or need to see him, they’ll ship him out to face several criminal complaints. She, and nobody else, will ever know he was here.”

“Don’t you think she should make that choice?” Janet asks. “I got her in conversation last night, at bedtime, asking her if everything was going well with her. When I casually brought up Eddie, she insisted she was over him. That was when she told me about her Army friend. She says he may be the one.”

“All the more reason to not tell her. They told me the only way Daniel will let him become part of the Compound is if they are engaged to be married. He is authorized to bring a spouse or immediate family member of a citizen of Glen Haven. She may feel compelled to agree to marry him simply to save his life.” He is obviously torn by the decision he had to make. “What if she does still have feelings for Eddie, and is hiding that from us, feeling there is no chance for them to be together?”

“I’ve thought of that. She’d do something like that so we wouldn’t worry about her. This thing with the corporal might be just a casual acquaintance. She’s a woman now. I say let her make the decision.”

He thinks that over before answering. “Maybe we can get Daniel to tell her he can stay, anyway, regardless of how she feels about him.”

“He’ll do that?”

“Sure. That way, Eddie staying or not isn’t up to her. No pressure.”

“Talk to him. See if he’ll do that.”

“Already have,” David responds with a big grin. “I wanted you on board. She can visit him this afternoon, any time between 1500 and 1700 hours. Call her and have her meet us for lunch.”

After more then 10% of their supplies failed to arrive in the last month, Daniel calls another meeting of his core personnel, those directly involved in the cyber espionage efforts.

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