The Whisper of Stars by Jones Nick

Author:Jones, Nick [Jones, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Nick Jones
Published: 2014-04-17T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

Two hours was a long time for her mind to stew. When the guard entered the cell, cuffed her and ordered her to stand, Jen was strangely relieved. In silence they walked the sterile corridor, passing identical doors, twenty or so before she stopped counting. She wondered who might be held behind those nondescript walls. David Shaw, the mystery man, perhaps? Maybe even Thomas by now?

After various security checks, the guard pushed open two large steel doors and they were outside, the sun bursting over them. Jen barely had time for her eyes to adjust before being pushed into the back of an armoured vehicle. Blinking against the harsh light, she saw a runway and tall fencing in the distance. It didn’t help; she still had no idea where she was. The thick doors sealed her in darkness. No windows. Just the rhythmic dings of rain starting on the metal roof. The rain had turned into a downpour by the time the doors opened again. Jen was surprised when Jim McArthur entered the car and sat opposite her, shaking the rain from his jacket.

She scowled at him. ‘Come to babysit me?’

He didn’t make eye contact. The guard banged the side of the vehicle and it pulled away. She studied Jim McArthur in the artificial interior light. He looked uneasy.

‘Peter Callaghan.’ She winced at his name, the thought of him gone. Murdered. ‘My God, Mac.’

Her thoughts turned to the Duality Division. A group of dedicated officers she had worked alongside for years. The unit had been specifically created to support and uphold new laws, legislation that she believed was going save mankind. What did that mean now?

‘Ravenscroft. Richards.’ She was trying to figure out where everyone fit into this secret world of his. ‘Are they all in on it?’

‘Everything you thought you knew.’ His voice cracked like thick ice. He leant towards her. ‘It’s all lies.’

‘Your family? That was a lie too?’

The pause was enough. They were part of the façade.

Jen thought back to summer days, barbecues on his patio. His wife bringing a plate of salad, tender, loving exchanges between them. It was like a dream in which you could sense a bomb was about to go off but you couldn’t warn anyone.

They traveled in silence for a while until the road sounded different and the armoured vehicle sped up.

‘Where are you taking me?’ she asked.

McArthur looked noticeably uncomfortable. He tapped at a small console on the side panel of the truck. It looked like a map.

‘What’s going on?’ Jen asked. ‘You need to tell me.’

McArthur reached inside his jacket and pulled a gun. Jen felt the pit of her stomach sink. He was going to kill her. Shoot her, right here in the back of the van. Dump her body somewhere. She felt like glass, heavy and immovable. It would take all of her effort to launch herself at him. She wanted to go down fighting at least and was busy planning her first move when he spoke.

‘I’m going to alert the driver,’ he said quickly, his face chalky white.

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