The Undesirable (Undesirable Series) by S. Celi

Author:S. Celi [Celi, S.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Lowe Interactive Media
Published: 2013-01-24T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

“Tell me more about what’s going on,” I demand of Thompson after breakfast when he joins me in the section of the barn someone had converted into a sparse living room. He sits down on the overstuffed couch next to the wall of the room. I take a seat in a small leather chair across from him. I fix my eyes on his, small brown ones framed by his short dreadlocks.

“Four days? Canada? How the hell did we get to Canada?”

“I won’t tell you that.” Thompson’s laugh matches his deep voice. “We keep some secrets. But I will tell you this: the border’s not as secure as Maxwell Cooper’s people and The Party like to tell everyone it is.”

At that second, I hear the whiz of a jet over the house and it dawns on me that it’s the first plane I heard all morning.

“Do we own those planes?” I ask as the muscles in my neck tense. “Don’t we spend all our time bombing Canada in oblivion?”

“You’ve got a lot to learn.” Thompson laughs again. “But it’s not your fault. So does everyone who makes it across the border.”

I cross my arms.

Thompson leans forward and puts his hands on his knees. He fiddles with his watch for a second. “Has it ever occurred to you there might be other things going on in the world besides The War between the U S and Canada? That the world is a big place? That life outside of the borders of the U S is way more complex than you think it is?”

“What?” I never stopped to think of it. “Well… they didn’t really teach us much about other places in school.”

“Of course they didn’t,” he says and keeps his voice even. “Knowledge is control. If the government keeps all the knowledge, then they get all the control. Think about it. We have been at War at least ten years and in an oil crisis for five or six before that. People, who remember the old times, the peace times, are getting old. And now the government makes sure certain people die.” He swallows hard. “That’s what some of The Counts are also about — not just in Harrison Corners, but in other parts of the country. It is Cooper’s systematic elimination of society as a way to control the future. “

“No way. That’s a lie.” I fall back against the rounded back of the leather chair. The breath flies out of my chest.

“Oh, God, how I wish I could say I lied.” Thompson crosses his arms over his chest and sighs. After a few seconds, a rueful smile crosses his dark face.

My whole body stiffens and stays tense.

“Okay,” I say to fill the space and not to accept what he has revealed. “You told me you worked for the government, too. Why aren’t you there right now? And what the hell is this place? How do I know you’re not lying to me? How do I know this isn’t a trap?” My blood pressure rises with every unanswered question.

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