The Creator (Scarrett & Kramer Book 1) by Carstairs Neil

Author:Carstairs, Neil [Carstairs, Neil]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2016-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

‘We have a situation.’

Douglas Congrave looked up from the report he had been reading. ‘Situation?’

‘With Connor,’ Natalie Nti said.

‘And his mother?’ Congrave asked with a sigh as he put the report down.

‘No. Just Connor. He’s having some sort of vision.’

That got Congrave’s attention. He followed Natalie out of his office and across the shared space of an open plan area. They walked to a conference rooms that Natalie had been using to carry out Connor and Devon’s induction process. The rectangular room had a floor to ceiling window at the far end now hidden by beige coloured blinds. Down the centre lay a long, oval table and a flat screen television dominated one wall. Natalie’s assistant, Reuben, sat in one of ten chairs that surrounded the table. He held an iPad on his lap, recording a video of Connor as the boy squatted in one corner of the room. Devon knelt next to her son as she tried to calm him. She failed as his whimpers grew in volume.

‘How long has he been like this?’ Congrave asked.

‘It started a few minutes ago. It was as if he was in a trance. He just stared off into the distance. Then he began to become more agitated. And now this.’

Connor pushed his mother away. His head snapped round to face the window. His voice, when he spoke, came close to breaking point. ‘He’s got her. He’s got her.’

‘Who?’ Devon tried to reach out to Connor but he batted her hand away.

‘The girl. Emily. He’s got her. He’s going to kill her.’

Devon looked over her shoulder at Congrave. He tried to meet her eyes but couldn’t. She wanted support but right now all Congrave wanted was Connor to keep giving him information.

‘He’s got a knife.’ Connor clapped his hands over his eyes. ‘No. No. They’ve shot him. The policeman’s shot him.’

Congrave leant in close to Natalie. ‘Do you know where this is happening?’

‘In the States somewhere,’ Natalie said. ‘It’s one of the things Connor has been most insistent about. Getting to America and helping this girl.’

‘Right.’ Congrave saw the boy had huddled into a ball. The boy allowed Devon to sit next to him on the floor. ‘Get a couple of people to track the news agencies. Look for reports of a police officer shooting a man during an attempted kidnapping.’

Natalie left the room. Reuben put his iPad down and took a glass of water over to Connor. The boy took it and the liquid sloshed as his hands shook. ‘Thank you,’ he said.

Congrave pulled a chair over to the boy and sat in it. He leant forward so he could look into Connor’s dark eyes. ‘Connor,’ he said. ‘Do you know what part of the U.S. this took place?’

‘No,’ the boy said.

‘No landmarks? No names?’

‘Nothing. I’m sorry.’

Congrave smiled. Putting his hand out to pat the boy on the shoulder. ‘There’s no need to be sorry.’

‘It’s the other thing I’m scared of,’ Connor said.

‘What other thing?’ Devon asked.

‘I can’t see it properly. It’s like a dark cloud drifting behind her.

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