The Immortalists by Kyle Mills

Author:Kyle Mills
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9781612181509
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2011-02-15T08:00:00+00:00

“Seriously, Richard. Put the gun down. You’re acting crazy.”

The den was just the way he remembered it—a dusty explosion of books, old newspapers, and antique furniture. Strangely, most of the photos on the walls depicted Graden alone, but a few included what appeared to be friends. Richard wondered if he was spying on them too. If he would send someone for their children one day.

“Where have you been all this time?” his old friend said, keeping his eye on the pistol.

“You tried to kill us,” Richard responded.

“What are you talking about? The jet? That was—”

“I called Ray Blane. He was looking into some of the same things Annette and I were. You stopped his research too.”

“Ray Blane? I got him a huge grant. The people supplying the money wanted him to concentrate. And what do you mean ‘too’? I supported your research, remember? Shit, I wrote you a personal check for it and then got you out of jail.”

It was an incredibly convincing performance, made stronger by their long history together. But it was too little too late.

“You’ve been trickling in just enough money to keep your eye on me—to make sure I was staying focused on progeria and not looking into anything broader. Then I ended up with Annette’s research notes, and you got worried. Worried enough to try to kill my daughter. My daughter, Chris.”

“Kill Susie?” he stammered. “Are you listening to yourself, Richard? For God’s sake—”

“Where’s August Mason, Chris?”

“What?”

“The papers say he was on your plane when it went down. But we both know that isn’t true.”

“I…I don’t know.”

“Really? I do. We tracked him down in Argentina. And South America must really agree with him. He looks great.”

“You’re babbling,” Graden said, sweat beginning to glisten on his upper lip.

Richard tossed a hard copy of the photo Carly had taken onto a side table, and Graden looked down at it, his face melting into an emotionless mask.

“Don’t move!” Richard said, holding the gun out in front of him as his old friend started toward a wet bar in the corner.

Graden ignored him and poured himself a scotch. “Can I get you one? For old time’s sake?”

Richard suddenly felt a little weak. He’d come there blind with anger and tormented by hope, but somewhere deep in the back of his mind he’d expected Graden to have an explanation. A series of unlikely but plausible coincidences that they’d missed. Something that didn’t involve their best friend being a spy and a genetic therapy that could reverse millions of years of evolution.

But it was clear that no explanation was forthcoming. This wasn’t a paranoid delusion dreamed up by a desperate mind. It was real.

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