Empty Planet by Sloane Lynette

Author:Sloane, Lynette [Sloane, Lynette]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Halora Publishing
Published: 2013-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

The next few days passed without event. Section relocated to the new site known only to my father, C, and the Section Directorship, and I settled in at the smallholding. David and George were very hospitable and treated me like one of the family. They continued to believe I was working at the solicitors’ office, but this, of course, was just a cover; Section merely rented one of the back offices. Each day upon my signal Vanessa sent me a vortex to take me to Section and I returned home the same way.

I hated having to keep up this pretence; it felt like lying. I told myself it was all right as I was working for a Classified Government Department, but it didn’t make me feel any better.

I booked the local chapel for a small wedding, and Anna, who was getting very bored staying at home, started to make wedding plans, bringing me up to date with the latest developments each night when I returned home from work.

“I saw a beautiful wedding cake in Symond’s Bakery, so I ordered one for a week Friday,” she told me excitedly.

“Great love.”

“And I ordered bouquets and flower arrangements from the florists in Port Glasgow. I want two arrangements set on pedestals at the front of the chapel. They’ll be delivered the night before the wedding. I chose lemon roses to match the bridesmaids’ dresses. What do you think?”

“Wonderful.” Anna was beginning to realise I was preoccupied.

“And my wedding dress. I thought I’d wear a dustbin bag and Wellingtons.”

“Fantastic.”

“Am I boring you? Are you even listening?” she asked.

“No Sweetie, I mean yes. Oh, sorry. You could never bore me, I just have a lot on my mind.”

“You’ve got another jump haven’t you,” Anna said looking worried.

I had already decided to be honest, so I told her about the jump I had scheduled for the day before our wedding and that it would take me one hundred and ninety years into the future to rescue someone.

“Don’t worry, I know I’ll be all right ’cause I’ve seen the person I have to rescue when he’s older, and if I wasn’t successful he wouldn’t be here today.” I reassured her.

“I just about followed that.”

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