Live or Die by Calle J. Brookes

Author:Calle J. Brookes [Brookes, Calle J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Calle J. Brookes

Chapter 27

Josey signed rapidly, looking in Emily’s direction. Emily’s idea wouldn’t work. Not without some serious revision, and she told her cousin that.

First, how would they keep the human element away from the Dardaptoan? And what if the research got crossed, and someone saw something they shouldn’t?

Emily nodded. Josey watched her cousin’s lips as the other woman spoke. “We’ve thought of that, Josey. We are going to have two separate areas of study. Keep a skeleton staff of humans on hand—those with long terms of service, or excellent personnel jackets. Those we know are loyal to Taniss and who can adhere to strict confidentiality clauses. The rest of the staff will be composed of Dardaptoans.”

Josey nodded. Then signed her concerns. “It will be risky. And time consuming.”

Mal tapped the table in front of her, and Josey turned to her redheaded cousin when she felt the vibration. “We’ve thought of that. And we were closing Grandfather’s lab, anyway. Mickey suggested we move the new lab here. And the four of us oversee it.”

Josey paused, then signed another question. “And what of the rest of our family? How are we going to explain it to them?”

Em knocked on the table and Josey turned toward her. “It is believable that I— and Mickey, for that matter—would want to stay with our new husbands. And they are established here. Rand could take over the main branch. He’s got the capability to do it. If he would.”

Josey still had her reservations, but it was obvious the other three women were resolute. “I am in. But you are going to have a difficult time convincing my dad and the rest of the family. You know how they can be.”

Mal signaled and Josey turned to her, then read her cousin’s lips. “We know. But what other choices do we have? There are several issues we still need to work out. But we want you to head the medical research. Keep a very close eye on all of it. Just in case.”

Could she do it?

It was basically similar to what she had already planned; only now the rest of the family would be involved. It would be permanent. It wouldn’t just be her doing research and tiny experiments with Dardaptoan or human blood. It would be an entire facility devoted to medical research, designed solely for benefiting the Dardaptoan people.

She pushed the partially empty plate of fish and fruits away. She wasn’t hungry any longer. She had a lot of thinking to do.

Cormac’s hand wrapped around hers, a move she definitely hadn’t expected.

She’s almost forgotten that he and his pals were present, so focused on her cousins as she had been. They had stayed silent—as far as she could tell—letting Mal and Em dominate the signed conversation. How could they be happy with this development?

They hated Taniss Industries. Cormac had made that abundantly clear to her. They hated her grandfather, and her father, and her aunts and uncles, and the rest of her cousins.

So why would they accept

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