[Timekeepers 01.0] A Revolutionary Tale by J Y Harris

Author:J Y Harris [Harris, J Y]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781469933313
Amazon: 1469933314
Goodreads: 24959251
Publisher: J.Y. Harris Books
Published: 2012-02-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

With a last glance back down the road where the British soldiers had gone, Brad and Kristen started out in the opposite direction. They were silent, each lost in thought. Her earlier reference to CTU hadn’t been an accident; this whole day so far had been like a colonial version of the TV show 24. Spies, turncoats, danger, plans that never quite worked out the way they were supposed to without some unexpected wrinkle. Luckily, in this case, it was pretty clear who the major players were: the colonials, or Americans, led by General Washington, and the British Royal Army, under General Sir William Howe. So there wasn’t much chance of there being a secret ‘mole’ in Washington’s camp, or a senior officer under Howe working in cahoots with the colonials on the sly. For this reason, she didn’t expect to see Major Clark grab another person by the collar and yell “Who are you working for?” in his best Jack Bauer voice.

She glanced over at Brad. So far the two of them had done a pretty decent job of surviving this whole bizarre day. She wouldn’t admit it out loud—at least not to him, not today—but they actually made a pretty good team. And they’d done a darn good job of helping to keep history intact. Secret military information to be delivered? Check. Potential spies to throw off track? Check.

The Everhearts had done the job. It was ‘Jack Bauer: the Teen Years.’ She bet the long-suffering counter-intelligence agent could not have done better than she and Brad had done.

Obviously they weren’t the only heroes of the day; they weren’t even the main characters in this little drama. Rebecca was the one who took the big risk in delivering the information on the British attack. And Jacob had been instrumental in getting them all where they need to be safely and quickly.

And their work wasn’t over yet.

The siblings had walked at least a mile when they saw Jacob and Rebecca heading toward them. Brad and Kris stopped and waited for the other two to catch up.

“Did you miss us?” Rebecca asked teasingly. “We were on our way back to where we’d left you. There was no need for you to come this way.”

“What’s wrong?” Jacob asked. Not surprisingly, he could tell something was up.

Okay, maybe he’s part Jack Bauer, too. He can hunt and track—and he’s armed.

“It’s the Brits. General Howe suspects he has a leak somewhere, and he’s watching the roads around Philadelphia.”

Rebecca smiled. “That doesn’t concern us. I already delivered my message, and I have a pass, remember? To get flour.” She indicated the flour bag, now full, which Jacob was carrying.

“You don’t get it,” Brad said, just as he’d said to Kristen earlier. “He’s looking at everyone—anyone who goes in or out of the city.”

Clearly, Rebecca didn’t understand, just as Kristen hadn’t at first, as her brow wrinkled prettily in confusion. “But I’ve got my flour. That proves that—”

“Brad is right,” Jacob cut in. “The bag of flour proves only that you went to the mill.

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