The Dark Corner by Easton Livingston

Author:Easton Livingston [Livingston, Easton]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: JMD Publishing
Published: 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

Part VII - Awakening

Tyler loved his workshop. He understood he was blessed. Many young men his age dreamed of having their own workshop, their own mad scientist lab of gadgets. Most geeks anyway. Unless it was a deep passion, they had to settle for hammers and saws hanging on the wall with a toolbox full of wrenches and other paraphernalia. Some borrowed, some purchased. They dreamed of a time when they could have all they needed.

Tyler didn’t have to dream. This workshop was his, a veritable array of electronic and mechanical parts. Basic and advanced equipment. Some bought. Some given. Some invented. He loved it.

The thought gave him pause. Truth be told, he'd rather have his father. It had been six years since the accident. Worst day of his life.

People often expressed pity whenever the subject arose. Twenty-two was still a young age to lose a parent. The loss was amplified because of his age. He was old enough to know who his father was and experience life with him. The wound ran deep. They were beginning to draw closer, breaking through the barrier of awkwardness that accompanied their relationship in his early adolescence to late teens because of his… condition.

He was adjusted now as much as that was possible. It didn't mean he was used to his father being gone. That was never happening. He was just able to function in a social context. In the years after his father's death, the workshop was his haven of solace. The place where his mind diverted from the thoughts of living to the act of creation. Most productive three years of his life.

It could have been worse. Their relationship could have ended distant and aloof which is how it began. His uncle Sebastian didn't have to take him under his wing and enlist him as a part of his cadre. He could have kept him at arm's length, the typical response from his extended family. His routine was to check on Tyler, ask how he was doing, check on the progress of his inventions. He was there when his mother couldn't be. When the news came that he'd be joining his uncle's team, happiness visited him. It hadn't done that in a long time. He was forever grateful for that.

He straightened his back as he sat on his work stool, leaning over his magnifying glass set above a circuit board. The last diode soldered, he smiled, glad he had made it to this point. He'd been working on his latest offering after the incident in Meechum Forest which was past creepy. He was under no grand illusions. He was still young at twenty-eight though his beard made him look five years older. However, unlike many men his age who played video games, chased women, and focused on achieving financial success, Tyler had other priorities. He traveled around the United States investigating unnatural/supernatural events a majority of scientists would dismiss and explain away in a heartbeat. There was a time Tyler would have been right there with them.

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