Time's Echo: A CHRONOS Files Novella (1.5) (The Chronos Files) by Rysa Walker

Author:Rysa Walker [Walker, Rysa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-24T21:00:00+00:00

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"Hubba hubba, look at the gams on this sexy mama." Simon leans against the side of the building, staring at the card he's just pulled from one of the cigarette packs.

No one says hubba hubba in 1905, or gams. Or sexy mama, for that matter. Simon prides himself on being a walking anachronism.

"Why are you here, Simon? And since when do you smoke cigarettes?" He'll puff the occasional cigar when he wants to act like a big shot, but smoking is one of the few vices Simon actually avoids.

He drops the pack of cigarettes to the sidewalk and crushes it under his heel. "I don't. I just buy these for the old-timey porn." He holds up the card so that I can see a woman, who could easily make two of the skinny actresses from Kate's time, clad in tights and a leotard.

He smacks his lips. "Now that's a woman you could really sink your teeth into."

I don't think Simon actually bites the women who are desperate enough to have sex with him, but I couldn't guarantee it. Not something I want to think about, either way.

"And I could ask what you're doing here, Kierney, since Prudence said you were too injured to be out and about." He nods at bandage on my head. "Looks like someone whacked you good."

"Looks like," I reply amiably, while imagining how his head would snap back if I punched him in the jaw. "No food at my place and I was hungry. Jessup usually has a few sandwiches that his missus makes up for sale, but she's still at the market. So I'm stuck with these."

I wedge one of the boxes of Newtons under my arm and open the other one, then start walking down the street toward my place while I eat the cookies. Simon follows.

"You walked over half a mile to get cookies? Yeah, well gimme." He tries to pull the other box out from under my arm. "You don't need two boxes."

"You sure as hell don't need them. Back off. I said I was hungry."

He grabs two cookies from the package that's already open and shoves them into his mouth. "These things are gross."

Of course, being Simon, he's talking with his mouth full, and I hear Kate's voice in the back of my mind saying Pot. Kettle. Black. That brings a tiny smile, which is quickly wiped away by the memory of last night and the fact that the asshole who just swiped my cookies probably had something to do with it.

"You don't like my cookies, don't eat them."

"So, you're walking all the way back to your apartment?"

I nod. "Someone stole most of my money last night along with my CHRONOS key. I'm not gonna catch a cab for less than a mile."

"Oh, right. That's one reason Pru sent me." He pulls a medallion out of his pocket. "I'm supposed to give you this and tell you to get to Farm nineteen hundr—"

"Yeah, yeah." I take the medallion and pull the chain over my head.

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