The Gate by Kaitlyn O'Connor

Author:Kaitlyn O'Connor
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: the gate kaitlyn oconnor futuristic romance futuristic romance spicy ncp new concepts publishing 9781603946711
Publisher: Kaitlyn O'Connor

Chapter Five

“I want to see him.”

Brenda had that stubborn look on her face that Carly had learned meant she was absolutely determined and nothing was going to sway her, but she tried anyway. “Do you really think that’s … uh … healthy?”

Brenda’s lips tightened. “Said the pot to the kettle,” she retorted dryly.

Carly felt her face redden and not just because the remark had struck so close to home. She knew she was obsessed, but she didn’t want to explain just why and how she’d gotten so obsessed to his sister!

Not but what Brenda probably had a really good idea of why and how, but she didn’t want to discuss it with Devlin’s sister! “Ok, so it wasn’t the healthiest thing I could’ve done, but that’s beside the point! If I jumped off a bridge, would you?”

Brenda sent her a look. “I want to see him.”

“And then, too, you know we don’t really want to attract the attention of you-know-who,” Carly said a little desperately. “You showing too much interest could be … uh … a bad thing.”

Brenda narrowed her eyes, but it was a speculative look that made Carly hopeful for a few moments. “You’re suggesting the possibility that I might draw the attention of whoever was responsible for my brother’s death?”

Carly gaped at her, dismayed that Brenda’s thoughts had turned in that direction. “I meant the government.”

“And they’re probably neck deep in whatever conspiracy there was—is. It was a government funded project after all.”

Carly blinked at her, not the least because that was new information she wasn’t prepared for. “But … Brenda! That doesn’t even make any sense! If the government was funding it they’d be the last to want to destroy the research they’d funded!”

“It just doesn’t make any sense because we don’t know what it was about!” Brenda countered. “That doesn’t rule out their involvement. Someone thought he was getting too close to something they didn’t want exposed.”

Carly frowned. “He isn’t Devlin, Bren,” she finally said gently. “I just used the sim that was so much like him and had the company develop a cyborg that resembled him. There was no DNA involved and even if there had been the cyborg won’t have his memories.”

She felt guilty as soon as she said that because the cyborg had planted a seed of doubt in her own mind. He’d seemed damned convincing—even though she knew it just wasn’t possible that he could actually be Devlin.

“So it won’t hurt for me to meet him,” Brenda pointed out with a touch of triumph. “In fact, it might be the healthiest thing I could do. It would clear my mind of the idea that, somehow, he was Devlin.”

Carly chewed her lip thoughtfully. She still felt like it was a very bad idea, but she also thought Brenda had a point. Maybe it would be better to eliminate the idea that the cyborg was anything but a facsimile of Devlin? “I think we should play it safe, anyway. I mean, if there’s anything to your theory about Devlin’s death, I don’t think we should take any chances.

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