The Silver Six by C A Gray

Author:C A Gray [Gray, C A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wanderlust Publishing
Published: 2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

After Mom and I finished talking, I went downstairs to search for Alex. I wanted to at least attempt to get her to sit for my experiments… but I was also curious about her, now that Mom had sown the seeds of distrust in my mind. I wanted to see if I had the same impression.

It looked like almost everyone was up by then—Larissa and Nilesh played a card game. Nilesh was cheating and roaring with laughter about it while Larissa pouted. They both looked up and waved at me. I heard pots and pans clattering in the kitchen, and could just barely make out Val’s breathy voice in the din. She was working on breakfast, then, and someone was in there with her. Probably Liam—but no. I stopped, listening more intently. That was Andy’s voice, and he was talking with more animation than usual. I caught “level eight” and “vaporizer” and “secret passageway,” and rolled my eyes. Of course: there was really only one subject that got Andy really excited, and that was The End Game, an immersive holographic role playing game that he and his former roommate Ivan used to spend all their free time playing when they weren’t out partying and making out with random girls. I felt briefly sorry for Val, who was surely only listening out of politeness.

I wandered through the kitchen and dining area, into the den. I nearly turned around, concluding that Alex must still be in bed when I remembered the sliding glass door at the end of the den leading to a little “sun” room powered by yet more sun lamps. As I approached from behind, I saw the long dark hair, like a thick shimmering curtain down her back. It was the first time I’d ever seen Alex without at least one admirer by her side. I slid the door open. Around her little patio table were several green potted plants and even a few flowers, which didn’t seem to know the difference between the sun and a sun lamp.

Without even looking back to see who I was, Alex said with utter calm, “Whatever you came to ask me for, the answer is no.”

“What if I came to say breakfast is ready?”

“But you didn’t.” She turned to look at me, those enormous blue eyes rimmed with thick lashes. I couldn’t even be jealous of someone that perfect—she was too far above me. Her perfect lips curled in a taunt. “You want something from me. What is it?”

“Why should I tell you, if the answer is an automatic no?”

“Good point. Goodbye.” She turned back around, even though I somehow knew from her self-aware posture that she didn’t actually expect me to leave.

I sighed, sitting in the chair beside her. “I want to take VMI images of your brain, under conditions of various emotional stimuli.”

Alex gave a short, humorless laugh. “I’ll bet you do.”

I searched her flawless profile. “You like Francis,” I pointed out, and then added under my breath, “which takes some doing.

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