The Unspoken by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2012-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

10

Kat wasn’t worried about getting back to the hotel or wherever she needed to go; she could always call a cab.

But when they reached the docks, she found that Tyler had gotten Will’s keys to the rented Honda, and they could leave whenever they were ready. Alan King and the film crew would bring Sean and Will back.

“Want to watch them unload?” Tyler asked Kat as they looked at the ship and everyone milling around.

“I think I’d rather watch Amanda when they open that crate,” Kat told him.

He nodded. “They’ll open the crate in a climate-controlled room at the Preservation Center. And it won’t be for a while. They have to get it off the boat now, into a truck and then get it to the center.” Tyler gestured down the dock. “And all hail! The press is here.”

Media had come in droves. Kat could see TV reporters and cameras from all over the country—and the globe. She recognized some of the major networks: CNN, BBC, NBC and more.

Apparently they’d all gotten word that the mummy of Amun Mopat was coming in. Kat wondered if someone—Amanda?—had purposely alerted them.

“Hey,” Kat whispered to Tyler. “How come they’re here today? This is the third day we’ve been out on the lake, and Brady actually discovered the wreck and died on Monday!”

“Either they learned that the Glory went out this morning, or they got a heads-up that something major was happening.” He grimaced and indicated Amanda.

“I wondered about that myself,” she murmured.

“They’re here!” Amanda announced grandly. She looked like a queen about to meet her people.

“We don’t know what’s in there yet,” Jon warned her. Obviously he hadn’t been party to this media scrum.

Amanda leaped from the boat to the dock and started down its length to the gate, where the reporters had been held at bay.

Questions shot out at her.

“You’ve brought up the first of the treasures!” one man cried. “Is it the mummy?”

“Do you have visual proof that it’s the Jerry McGuen?” a woman with an English accent asked.

“Are you afraid of the curse?” someone else asked.

“Did the ship kill your coworker?”

“Did the curse kill Brady Laurie?”

“Do you think the death of Austin Miller is connected?”

“Do you believe in the curse?”

“When will you report to the scientific community on your discovery?”

“Will you be filming when you open the crate?”

The questions came in a flurry from all directions. Amanda raised a hand. “Please!” she said and laughed pleasantly. “Yes, it’s the Jerry McGuen, and King Productions—working on a documentary about our historic find—will have footage for the media soon. I’m a scientist, and I don’t believe in curses. I’m heartbroken that both Brady and Austin are dead. Brady’s excitement led to his carelessness, I’m afraid, but I’m sure he’s watching over us as we continue his work, and that he’s thrilled! Austin must have died knowing that, as well. We’ve followed through on his dream! Now, I believe we’ve found—”

Jon Hunt had been standing quietly behind her. He stepped forward at that, cutting her off.

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