The Wife Who Never Was by Robert Jeschonek

Author:Robert Jeschonek [Jeschonek, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781476061276
Publisher: Pie Press

I feel like I've been caught red-handed, peeping on Doris. Instantly, I spring into a defensive posture, ready for anything the newcomer might send my way. If he's powerful enough to sneak up on me, he might be capable of devastating action.

"Who are you?" My heart pounds as I ask the question. Adrenaline blasts through my bloodstream.

The man smiles like he has a secret. "You may call me The Metafictive." He nods toward Doris Dane's window across the street. "So how's the stalking going?"

My temper surges, but I hold it in check. He might be trying to set me off for reasons I can't anticipate. "You mentioned answers." I keep my voice level and tightly controlled. "What kind of answers?"

"The ones you've been searching so hard for." The Metafictive raises his eyebrows and nods. "The ones no one else has been able to provide."

I stare at him, considering the possibilities. He could be an enemy who found out about my search from the Spell Squad, Cosmologists, W-Weird Wonders, or one of their contacts. Perhaps he simply read my mind. Or there's a third possibility.

Maybe he does have the answers.

Whatever the truth, his motives are still unknown to me. I decide to move forward, but slowly. "These answers. What are they regarding?"

"The girl of your dreams, of course." The Metafictive gestures toward Doris' window. "The marriage that never happened...except it did." He nods, looking dead serious. "And you and I are the only two people in the world who know it's true."

He could be lying, setting a trap, and I know it. But I have to keep going. What if he's my last hope? "What do you know about all that?"

"Everything." He sweeps his hands apart like a baseball umpire calling a runner safe. "I know it all, and I'm willing to tell you...for a price."

All my warning signals go off at once. "And what price would that be?"

"Not killing yourself," he says, "no matter how much you want to."

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