Rain Saga by Barton Riley

Author:Barton, Riley [Barton, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Riley Barton
Published: 2014-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Luna leaned back on the sofa, rested her chin in the palm of her cupped hands, and stared intently at the twenty-three-year-old news recording playing on her APD’s tiny holographic screen.

For the past three evenings, she’d done nothing but sift through Ada’s archive of downloaded information, closely studying every file and video.

In that time she’d managed to uncover more about Jack Anderson, his family, and Unitech’s fledgling years than she’d ever expected. She had seen Mr. Anderson transform from a young man with little more than a dream and the clothes on his back to the founder of a multi-billion dollar organization.

She switched off the holo-screen then gently rubbed her aching eyes.

“Are you all right, Miss Luna?” Ada asked, her calm clear voice coming through the headset’s tiny speakers.

Luna screwed her eyes shut, counted to three, and then opened them, watching the blurry world around her slowly come into focus. “Yeah, I’m okay. … ”

“That is a relief.” Ada replied, “I was 2.6 seconds away from informing you that you had violated nearly every one of this device’s health and safety regulations.”

“Really? How long was I watching those vids?” She asked, checking her watch.

“You’ve been using this device for nearly four hours,” Ada replied just as Luna’s eyes focused enough for her to make out her antique timepiece’s digital readout.

“Good grief—it’s almost ten-o-clock!”

“It is indeed. Would you like to watch the news tonight, Miss Luna?”

“Umm … sure. I think I’m going to go whip up something to eat first. But you can go ahead and turn it on.”

She removed the all-purpose device from her ear and plugged it into its stand. The lights flickered for a split second then Ada’s holographic figure materialized on the sofa beside her, brushed the wrinkles out of her shimmering blue clothes, and proceeded to surf through the local channels via her wireless link until she found the late-night news.

Luna hadn’t noticed how hungry she really was until she actually started cooking. Now that the prospect of food had been laid out before her, it was all she could do to keep from drooling.

I guess it’s probably a good thing I live alone. If anyone else saw me now, they’d probably think I was rabid or something, she thought, smiling wryly. Just then, her apartment’s phone began to ring.

Wordlessly she turned and glared at Ada, who met her gaze and identified the source of the incoming call.

“Miss Luna, you have a phone call from Miss Bridget. Do you want me to answer?”

Bridget? Why is she calling me now? Luna thought sourly, and then she wondered if maybe it was an emergency. Why else would Bridget be calling her so late at night? All at once Luna’s mind began to come up with all the worst-case scenarios. Maybe Bridget had been in a terrible accident, or maybe she was being held hostage by terrorists …

“Of course I want you to answer it!” she squeaked, feeling as if she would burst into tears if she didn’t hear Bridget’s voice immediately.

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