Sunspots by Gary Martin

Author:Gary Martin [Martin, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-05T22:00:00+00:00

18

The next morning I wake up and my head and neck are hurting like bastards. The space beside me on the bed is empty. I guess Ez is at work and has left me to sleep in. After last night’s mini epiphany, I literally feel like a new man. Except for the headache and the sore neck that make me feel like an old man, but hopefully they'll be gone soon. I can't wait for Ez to get home so I can tell her. I decide to make it a special occasion, and plan to get her some flowers and chocolates. I'm really beaming. I feel like a missing part of my life has just been put in place. Why have I been denying it for so long? Oh yeah, I'm a fucking idiot, that's why.

I get into the shower and wash off last night’s exploits. It's warm straight away, there's no boiling, freezing, boiling, freezing followed by swearing that Sunspot 2's showers always give me. And for the first time since quitting, I'm really happy that I'm never going back.

I towel off and get dressed, and decide to take the scenic route into town, by the river, when I hear the front door open and slam closed. I walk downstairs to find Ez curled up in a ball on the sofa, crying and visibly shaking. I sit down next to her and put my arm around her.

“What's wrong?” I ask.

She looks up at me, her eyes are blood-shot, and it looks like she's been crying for a long time.

“He's gone,” she manages.

“Who's gone?” I ask.

“Rupert … he … he's disappeared.”

“Didn't you mention him yesterday? It's not even been twenty-four hours yet. He probably just decided to not come in and forgot to tell anyone.” I wonder why she's so upset; it seems quite trivial, and I start to get paranoid.

“No, John. You don't understand. He's gone. And he's taken the project we were working on with him.”

“The project …?”

“Yes, I can’t say any more than that. Please don’t ask. He's been acting very strange recently. He didn't seem to want to finish it. And now he's taken it and vanished. I was working on it as well, and Skylark think I had something to do with it. They think I helped him, John. I've been questioned all morning. My God, I'm being questioned by government agents tomorrow, and if they don't believe me I'll be picked up, tortured and then executed as a traitor. I haven't done anything, John, I'm not a traitor, I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!” she screams before curling back into a ball, and continues to cry. I try to reassure her, and tell her that everything is okay, but she's having none of it.

“John, Skylark are merciless. There’re a lot of things I haven't told you, I didn't want to scare you. People I know have been tortured for just having Skylark schematics on their personal computers. They were just behind with their work, John, that's all.

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