Invasion by Jon Lewis

Author:Jon Lewis
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: book, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

: : CHAPTER 30 : :

At the mention of his mom, Colt felt as though someone had reached through his chest and grabbed his heart. The world was a tolerable place to live as long as he didn’t think about his parents, but the second either one of them came up— whether in casual conversation or in someone’s well-intentioned but depressing condolences—Colt plummeted right back into a state of depression.

His eyes fell to the worn carpet. He sighed. “When?”

Agent Richmond studied Colt for a moment. His face had turned to something that almost showed warmth, but the kindness didn’t last. “It happened this afternoon. You don’t know anything about that?”

“No, sir.”

“If you know something, son, this would be a good time to share it with me. You’re already in a bit of pickle.”

Colt shook his head.

Agent Richmond paused as though he was giving Colt time to reconsider.

“I think we can move on with questions now,” Grandpa McAlister said.

Colt looked up in time to see Agent Richmond clench his jaw. His eyes narrowed, if only for a moment, but he didn’t push the issue. The agent led him through a series of questions about his ordeal with Albert Van Cleve, followed by everything that had happened since. At times he would go back and ask for more details. Then he would skip ahead to the end, only to swing back somewhere in the middle.

Colt found Agent Richmond’s ever-present smile distracting. Though the words the agent spoke were often kind, Colt found them to be insincere.

While Agent Richmond did most of the talking, Agent D3X simply stood there like some kind of industrial floor lamp, its single eye pulsing as though it were breathing.

“Tell me something,” Agent Richmond said toward the end. “You claim that your backpack never left your sight, yet someone managed to unzip one of the compartments, plant an untraceable phone inside, and then zip it back up—all without your seeing a thing. How do you explain that?”

Colt looked to his grandfather, who simply nodded. “To tell you the truth, I’m not sure.”

“I see,” the agent said. “That same night you voluntarily got into a car without asking where they were taking you. Now don’t you think that seems a bit . . . oh, I don’t know. Let’s call it daring?”

“I suppose so,” Colt said, “but I wanted to find out what happened to my parents.”

“And you’d never met Albert Van Cleve before?”

Colt shook his head.

“Had you read any articles about him? Seen him on television?”

“If I did, I don’t remember,” Colt said.

“And you have no idea where he is now?”

“No, sir.”

“You know, I find it interesting that you’d never seen anything like a winged motorcycle before, and yet you were able to hop right on and fly away with not one but two Trident assassins shooting at you.”

“Yes, sir,” Colt said. “I can’t explain how I did it. It just kind of happened.”

“Seems that way, doesn’t it?”

“Well, to be honest, I guess I’ve seen them in comic books.

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