The Strain by Jacqueline Druga

Author:Jacqueline Druga [Druga, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-20T22:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

“No,” Joe wanted to scream when he opened the last slip of paper to reveal the third time travel. “No.”

Frank laughed.

Something told Joe that, of course, it would be Frank. His hardheaded son had the luck of the draw. It went back to when he was a kid. He always won drawings, he was always on game shows. So it made sense that Frank would have his name drawn.

Hal didn’t seem bothered by not getting to go back in time. He was glad to be able to go to Vegas even if it was a desert city long after its glory days. He was convinced the shimmer of it was still there and he couldn’t wait to explore.

“No,” Jo said. “No.”. More than anything he wanted to take that paper, throw it away, start over or just bang his head off the desk in frustration. “This can’t be. We have to draw again.”

“No, Joe,” Henry whined. “You said. You said fair and square. Whoever got picked goes. That’s not right. Not right at all. You took a vote. Everyone agreed. And my name was pulled”

“Henry!” Joe yelled with a slam of his hand on the desk. “We all know what happened the last time you three went through the Time Machine. Nothing, nothing was ever the same.”

“In our defense,” Henry said. “If we hadn’t gone through the Time Machine and did what we did. You wouldn’t have had that chance with Robbie. You wouldn’t have got to see him again.”

Jason clear his throat. “If you two or three hadn’t messed up with a timeline it’s also fair to say that we wouldn’t be in this mess. Now, would we?”

Henry said. “You have a point.”

Hal spoke up, “There is nothing more that I would like than for us to draw again. I would love to go back in time and experience the glory days in Vegas. But fair is fair, Father. We all voted that whoever is chosen would be the ones to go.”

“Still,” Danny said. “They have a history of messing things up.”

George asked, “Can I ask what they did? I wasn’t around back then. What did they screw up?”

“Well,” Frank said. “It all started…”

“Stop.” Joe lifted a hand. “I’ll explain this to George over a drink. I need one. As for now,” Joe gathered up boulders. “Start planning this. I want us to leave in the morning. First thing. The whole thing should take no more than six hours. I expect you guys back by the evening so we can plan to pick up the antibiotics. I’m done for now. George? Care to join me for a drink?”

“Dad,” Frank said. “I’m the fucking alcoholic and it’s nine in the morning.”

“Yes.” Joe nodded. “Yes, it is. Thank you for telling me that. And your point?”

Frank shook his head. “Nothing. Just making an observation.”

“Check back with me and a couple hours when you have a plan in motion.” Joe said. “And find Hank. I want him to explain how this eraser thing works.

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