Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn

Author:Pintip Dunn [Dunn, Pintip]
Language: ara
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781633752405
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-11-03T05:00:00+00:00

24

Perfectly diced pieces of carrot and potato swim with chunks of venison in a thick brown broth. I add another dash of oregano to the stew simmering over the fire, and a delicious aroma wafts into the air.

“That smells amazing.” Angela lines up wooden bowls on the long table. The sun sits like a glowing egg on top of the trees. She assured me the dinner service would start when the sun was “right there” in the sky. But was she pointing at the tops of the trees, or a few inches above it?

“I think my job as Manual Cook might be in danger,” she says. “One taste of your stew, and the people will kick me outside the holographic screens.”

I drop my ladle into the cauldron and have to carefully fish it out. “I’m not after your job, I promise. I’m just trying to be helpful.”

“I’m teasing.” She hands me a clean rag so I can wipe the stew off the ladle. “Besides, I’d be happy to step aside for someone as talented as you. I only volunteered because nobody else did. If you want the position, say the word.”

My dream job. I should be leaping at the chance to cook. But when I open my mouth, the acceptance slides down my throat. That’s when I realize I still haven’t left my old world behind. My body might be here, but my heart and mind are still with my mom and sister in Eden City.

Stalling, I ladle up a healthy serving of stew and hand Angela the bowl. “There’s nothing I would like more. But I don’t know if my stay here is…permanent.”

She sets the bowl next to the others on the table. “Where would you go? Back to Eden City?”

“Of course not. I would never tempt Fate like that.” I turn the thoughts over in my mind, trying to figure out what I mean. “TechRA’s going to arrest my sister sometime in the next year. I don’t know what, if anything, I can do from afar. But if there’s somewhere I can go to figure out what they’re up to—why they want my sister, why they’re so interested in her psychic abilities—maybe it will give my mom a fighting chance to protect her.”

“You don’t have far to go,” she says.

“What do you mean?”

“Think about it. Who established Harmony? The Underground. And who makes up the Underground? A bunch of psychics. I bet whatever information you’re looking for is right here.”

I put the ladle down. “Angela, you’re brilliant.”

She flashes me her one-thousand-watt grin. “So they tell me.”

We fall into an easy rhythm. I ladle, and she wipes the side of the bowls and sets them on the table.

Over the next hour, I must meet all of Harmony’s fifty inhabitants. There’s a man whose gray beard reaches his waist. A redheaded girl with dreads that reminds me of Sully. A scrawny little kid named Ryder who’s here without his parents. They seem nice enough, especially Ryder, who shoots me a shy smile after giving Angela a big hug.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.