The Bone Triangle by B. V. Larson

Author:B. V. Larson [Larson, B. V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
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ISBN: 161218233X
Amazon: B00AALOUOQ
Publisher: 47North
Published: 2013-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

McKesson had given me one vital piece of information, whether he’d meant to or not. He’d told me where Meng spent her time these days. I wasn’t sure how I might be able to use that bit of information in the future, but I was glad to have it.

Detective McKesson himself was still something of a puzzle. I didn’t completely buy his story about playing a prank and planning to come back for us. I’m not sure if he’d meant to leave us there to die, but I certainly didn’t trust him anymore. In retrospect, I probably never should have. When it came down to defending Earth, we were both on the same side, I felt sure of that. But in any other situation, he was on McKesson’s side. I decided I would have to remember that before engaging in any future cooperation with him.

I spent an uneasy night in the hotel room after the detective left. I would have looked for a more secretive location to rest, but I needed sleep badly. When I finally woke up, the blackout curtains were outlined with brilliant sunlight. The rays eagerly seeped through the crack inbetween the sheets of fabric.

I showered, dressed, and found breakfast downstairs. Eleven a.m. was checkout time. I was only a few minutes late. I headed for the mall at the base of the hotel and bought a fanny pack. I put the liver in there, wrapped in plastic. With that oddly shaped lump of meat strapped to my waist, I looked more like a tourist than usual, but that was probably a good thing.

The day cruised by in slow motion until Jacqueline appeared at my side. I’d just deposited the check her mother had given me in an ATM. She became visible and put a hand on my shoulder. It felt like a touch from a ghost, as no one had been there a second earlier. I startled and jumped.

“Where’d you come from?” I asked, smiling. It was good to see a friendly face.

She smiled back. “Out of thin air,” she said. She craned her neck, rudely looking over my shoulder.

“Is that your bank balance? That’s a minus sign, isn’t it? You owe the bank eight hundred bucks?”

I nudged my shoulder between her face and the screen. “Overdraft charges are hell these days,” I mumbled. “Your mom’s check will clear things up. That is, unless you’ve already taken off on her again and she stops the payment.”

“She won’t,” she said, shrugging.

“So, you did leave suddenly? Are you going back tonight?”

“I don’t know. I was just hanging around there until you healed up. Now look at you! The hospital people would never believe it. They would think you had a twin brother or something—there are only faint white lines for scars. How long until even those marks vanish?”

“A few weeks,” I admitted.

“Fantastic. What a great power. I wish I could do that.”

“No you don’t. It’s much less painful not to get injured in the first place.”

I started walking south, and she tagged along.

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