The Orion Deception by Tom Bielawski

Author:Tom Bielawski
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Adventure, Heck Thomas, Science Fiction & Fantasy
ISBN: 1489555102
Publisher: Tom Bielawski
Published: 2012-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Seven

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Lainne did exactly as Heck instructed her and went to the newsstand.

"Can I help you?" asked a young woman wearing a black apron with several dozen pins from around the country.

"Yes," she answered, placing a magazine, a candy bar and a Dr. Pepper on the counter.

The clerk nodded and began to ring up her sale. Lainne looked around for Heck, but didn't see him. She was nervous and frazzled. She looked at the clock hovering above the newspaper stand and was relieved that there was plenty of time before their flight left.

"Here you go," said the clerk, handing Lainne her card back. Lainne smiled and sat down at a small table in the corner, her back to the wall. At first she was paranoid, watching everyone, taking in everyone who was seated at the newspaper stand. But then she remembered that she needed to be discreet and did her best to feign calm. The cold drink calmed her down and she thoroughly enjoyed the candy bar as she leaned her back against the wall. She thumbed the pages of the magazine tablet she was reading and watched the people around her, taking note every few minutes of this person's clothes or that person's features. But each time she looked up from her tablet, the person she had been watching before was gone. She began to feel more confident that no one was watching her. Finally she put the magazine tablet and her Dr. Pepper bottle back in the plastic bag and walked to the nearest ladies room.

Lainne entered the ladies restroom and locked herself in a large handicap stall. A few other travelers came in and left, none staying more than the few moments it took to take care of things. She remained in the stall a few moments more, waiting for anyone who might have seen her enter to leave the restroom. Then, very slowly so as not to attract attention to her stall, she removed the uniform pants and shirt, her own clothes still underneath. She patiently waited several more minutes to ensure that anyone who had noticed unusual activity in her stall would have left too.

She shook her head ruefully. All of the tension and stress of hiding to avoid certain death from their unknown pursuers was weighing heavily on her. She bit her lip to hold back the sob that wanted to come. She missed William dearly, he always knew what to say to cheer her up. And when he hugged her, it reminded her of her father and the way he always watched over the siblings when they were young.

She had killed someone today and it had shaken her to her core. What would William think? Deep down she knew he would find the right thing to say, that it was a necessary step to save the life of another. She had always heard that logic used by police and military personnel, but it had never been real before. It had been easy to criticize

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