Of Wolves & Sheep by S E Meyer

Author:S E Meyer [Meyer, S E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781793925299
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Published: 2019-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

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The light was finding its way through the drapes of Cornelius's bedroom when there was a loud knock on the door. The butler stepped from the early morning shadows to find who would be so bold. He clicked the latch and opened the door to find Richard Brockman.

“I need to see him,” Richard exclaimed from behind wide eyes and raised eyebrows.

“I'm sorry, he is not to be disturbed. Mr. Cromwell is, for lack of a better term, busy.”

“I don't care,” Richard replied and then pushed past the butler. “And he won't care either once he hears my news.”

Richard walked to the window and threw open the drapes before turning to face his grandfather.

Cornelius was sitting up in bed, squinting at the sudden blast of light that filled the room.

“Grandfather, I have great news,” Richard exclaimed.

“It better be!” the old man rattled and then patted the blanket on his left side. “All right, that's enough, love.” The sea of blankets moved to produce a tall, and fully nude, blond woman.

Richard's jaw slacked. “Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't realize.”

Cornelius patted the blankets to his right. “You too, dear.”

There was another wave of blanket tossing and a brunette slipped out of the bed on Cornelius's right. The brunette was young, thin and also nude. Richard smiled with pride as the two women left the bedroom through a doorway that opened into a large master bath.

“I can only hope I'm as energetic as you are at your age,” Richard laughed. “Good for you.”

“Yes, well, we are Cromwells. Even when we're old, we can still rob a woman’s heart,” Cornelius replied while crawling out of bed. The butler steadied Cornelius while he dressed. “At my age though, it's more often a hold up than a stickup.” Cornelius let out a hoarse laugh that turned into a productive cough. Richard returned a chuckle and then tossed the thought of his Grandfather doing such a task from his mind.

The butler held a gold monogrammed handkerchief in front of Cornelius's mouth as the old man labored into it for several seconds.

“All right then Richard, what is so important that it couldn't wait?” Cornelius asked after wiping his mouth. He reached for his cigarettes and pulled one from its case.

“It's finished. It's finally finished!” Richard replied with a proud smile. “Come, I will need to show you. We need to go down to the main Ballroom.”

“Do you mean what I think you mean?” Cornelius gargled and then ran the handkerchief passed his lips again. “Project Shepherd?” The butler lit Cornelius's cigarette and the two men walked out into the hallway.

“Yes, sir. We finally finished the code and network design to complete your ambitions.”

Cornelius smiled. He tried to steady his hand as he pulled the cigarette from his lips and exhaled. They made their way down a flight of stairs and then entered the mansion's ballroom. They had renovated the grand space into a state-of-the-art computer lab. Dozens of computer screens littered the walls on both sides of the room and several occupied workstations stretched out along its middle.

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