The Amulet (The Time Chronicles Book 1) by Michael Dodd

Author:Michael Dodd [Dodd, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

2060 When Kenneth Graham suddenly found himself standing in an open field, it didn’t take him long to realize that he had, in fact, gone back in time. He looked to his left and saw the familiar skyline of Chicago—though changed, subtly—and knew that Mick Jagger’s assertions were true. That meant that he had gone back in time sixty years to 2080. He would not even be born for another 20 years.

Wow! He didn’t even exist; at least, not as far as the people in this timeline knew. His parents would be alive at this time, but they’d both be little kids. The possibilities made his head swim. What should he do first? He’d have to find food and lodging with no assets to speak of. His Uniworld card would be useless at this time and he had no hard currency. He’d have to find some way of obtaining an ID card with a new identity or he’d never be able to get work. He decided that first thing’s first and went to the Salvation Army for food and lodging until he could formulate a plan. If he played his cards right, though, he could very quickly become a very rich and powerful man. After all, he knew everything that was going to happen over the next sixty years.

As he walked around Chicago, trying to find the Salvation Army, he chanced to pass a magazine and newspaper kiosk. Curious about the current events of 2080, he stopped and perused the front page of the Chicago Tribune. Having little knowledge of anything but the most prominent of news events of the time, he expected only to get a feel for the current climate of the city. It did not take much time to notice the date on the newspaper: September 8, 2060. Wait a minute! 2060? How can that be? It’s supposed to be 2080! Mick Jagger said the amulet only took you back 60 years. Oh well, so much the better.

Three days later, as he sat on a cot in a ramshackle Salvation Army housing building, a brilliant idea occurred to him. It was late and most of the losers lying in the beds around him were sleeping it off. He racked his brain trying to remember who’d won the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA championship, NCAA championships, etc. Then it came to him. The Cleveland Browns had won the Super Bowl in January of 2061 after an unlikely winning season. They had been called, the Miracle Browns because of the almost impossibility of a team with such little previous success suddenly marching through the playoffs and winning the title. The odds on them at this point—it was early September; the season had barely begun—would be astronomical. All he needed to do was get enough money together to make a bet on the Browns to win the Super Bowl and then wait until January; but, how to get enough money to make it a real killing.

The next day, Kenneth used one of the Salvation Army computers to check the odds in Las Vegas.

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