The Pull by R.J. Lloyd

Author:R.J. Lloyd [Lloyd, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Digital Quill Services
Published: 2020-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

History and the Future

Ian drove for several miles as fast as he could, eventually pulling over in a field, just outside of town. As soon as he put the car into park, he shoved open the door and stumbled out. Ian fell to his knees and got sick, heaving as the scene from the lab replayed in his head.

Realizing Eva hadn’t gotten out, he went around to the passenger side and opened the door. She sat in the seat, sobbing uncontrollably.

Ian knelt down beside her. “I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry, Eva.” He put his hands on her leg.

She tried to speak, but she was too choked up to get any comprehensible words out.

“Shhh…” Ian took off his shirt and wiped her face with it. “It's okay. We’re okay.”

She swallowed hard. “Okay? Okay? How are we okay, Ian? We’re dead!”

He opened his mouth, but words didn’t come out. She was right. According to those men, they were dead. Not a scenario as in there’s a chance you will survive if a cure is found. But dead. Ghosts walking around in a touchable hologram body.

It was hard enough to take in the fact they'd just watched the man she knew as her father get killed by the man Ian considered his. It was even more difficult to see Mitchell come and go like… well… like a ghost. But to accept that they, themselves, had lives far different than the ones they’d been told to believe was too much for both of them to bear.

“Eva…” Ian wiped the tears from her face again.

She pushed him away. “No. I can’t. I don’t believe any of this. Michelle must be right. I must be losing my mind. This is crazy! I must be crazy. I’m hallucinating all of this. And at some point, I’ll have a moment of clarity and will go check myself in somewhere.”

“Eva…” Ian tried to speak again, longing to find the words to calm her down.

Eva jumped up from her seat. “I’ll show you. This whole thing is crazy.” She yanked open the back door and started rifling through one of the bags. Pulling out a knife, she opened it and held it up.

Ian threw his hands up in submission. “What are you doing?”

“Give me your hand,” she demanded.

He stayed in place. “Eva? Calm down. There’s no need for this.”

She reached for him. “If you believe in all this craziness, then give me your hand.”

“You saw what happened earlier. Nothing. How can I not believe something is going on here? I don’t know what, but something is. Now put the knife down.” He took a step forward.

She took a step back. “No! Fine. You won’t let me prove to you that whatever happened in there was a trick or something, then fine. Maybe this is all another dream. Some crazy dream I'm having. And if I hurt myself, I’ll wake up. I’ll wake up and can go straight over to my father and tell him I need help. I need professional help.

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