Perfectible Animals: A Post Apocalyptic Technothriller (EidoGenesis Book 1) by Norwood Thomas

Author:Norwood, Thomas [Norwood, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Global Activision Limited
Published: 2013-11-11T08:00:00+00:00

That afternoon, I went for a walk by myself along the path which led down to the ocean. I thought about all that had happened over the past year, and then I started wondering if the bio-vectors that Annie had injected herself with were going to work. If they did, maybe we should move here. I looked out across the blue ocean to the waves rolling in steadily, curling gently into white foam from one end to the other, catching the low afternoon sunlight in their crests and along their smooth faces. I sat down on the sand for a while, and then I stood up and walked back to the house.

Inside the living area the others were relaxing on the couches. Dylan was just opening a bottle of sparkling wine that he must have brought with him and Sophie, who had slipped into a sarong, was rolling up a joint.

“I haven’t smoked in years!” Annie said. She seemed happy.

I sat down in an empty seat.

“Did Michael ever tell you about our university years?” Dylan said to Annie, sitting across from her and lining up the champagne flutes, winking at me.

“I don’t know. What are you referring to exactly?” Annie said.

Sophie lit up the joint, took a few puffs, then passed it to me, letting her hand brush against mine slowly as she let it go.

“I don’t know. If he hasn’t told you, maybe I shouldn’t say anything,” Dylan said, looking over at me.

“Well, I haven’t told her everything, I suppose. It was before we started going out.”

“I’ve told you things about my life before we started going out!” Annie said. “What is it that you haven’t told me?”

“Thanks, Dylan!” I said. But because I was getting stoned for the first time in about twenty years, and Annie’s sweet pheromones were wafting off her like an apple tree in spring, I couldn’t summon up too much conviction.

It must have been good weed, as my mind was suddenly going a million miles an hour. The situation had taken a strange turn, and I noticed a subtle tension in the room that I hadn’t felt before.

“Well, are you going to tell me?” Annie said. Sophie moved over next to Annie on the couch, casually picked up one of her hands, told her how much she liked her wedding ring, then started gently massaging her.

“You’re my summertime,” an old Rachel Grey song, came on the sound system. The light outside was softening as the afternoon came slowly to an end. Light dropped down through the windows and covered everything with a soft glow. Little specks of brightness glittered from shiny surfaces. Outside, the tops of bushes and trees were basted in orange.

“Michael?” Dylan said.

“Well, it’s a bit late now,” I said.

“Are you going to tell her or should I?” Dylan said.

“About what exactly?” Annie asked, looking from one to the other of us.

“I don’t know… Julia?” Dylan said, looking my way.

“Who’s Julia?” Annie said.

“Yes, who’s Julia?” Sophie repeated.

“She was this girl who Michael introduced me to at university.

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