Maria V. Snyder by E-Time

Author:E-Time
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-01-25T14:06:17+00:00

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The security guards escorted Jan Vincent to the office at the end of the hall. The imagination-sucking gray walls held no decorations. The metal furniture wore a faded coat of paint, as if routine and regulation had worn the colors down. The sweet, clean tang of ink battled with the musky, stale odor of sweat. Jan slumped in an unyielding folding chair opposite the desk, waiting for the Director to arrive.

She held the photograph of her family close to her chest, feeling her heart beat pulsing through the thin film, willing it to transform. Please, she prayed. But the faint memory of deleting the message, traveling to Europe, and starting MIT in the fall nagged at her mind. Everyone had always said she was strong willed, that she had a cement block resting atop her shoulders, and that it would take a major disaster to push her off her intended path. Youth had only made it worse.

She realized her folly in trying to influence her past. Jan had nothing in common with that eighteen-year-old girl. They were two entirely different people.

The picture was the only splash of color in the tedious room. Her husband radiated disapproval as her beautiful children beamed. She hadn’t seen them smile like that in years. Better that they never existed than to be prisoners of the government.

Jan’s shoulders drooped with defeat. Nothing had changed.

The End

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