Time Will Tell by Chloe Garner

Author:Chloe Garner [Garner, Chloe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Horse Called Alpha
Published: 2020-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

“I know,” Tina said. “Unfortunately the genuine political effort would cause mass extinction well before the medical effort got its funding.”

Tony laughed.

“You’re telling me. Okay. When am I going to get these?”

“I’m hoping in the next couple of days. I’m working as fast as I can.”

There was a pause.

“Are you on a timeline?” he asked.

“Yes,” she said. “But I can’t tell you why.”

“Why not?” he asked, and she laughed.

“Exactly.”

He sighed again.

“When can I actually sit down and talk to you about… everything? I want to have a face-to-face conversation and ask questions.”

“Over coffee, three weeks after everything is done,” Tina said.

“So… are you politely blowing me off? That basically means a quarter past never.”

“No,” Tina said. “I don’t know if it’s going to be next week or next month or three months from now, but there’s a lot of stuff going on right now, and it can’t keep going like it is. Eventually something is going to give and there’s going to be chaos and fighting and probably some people dying, and if we do our jobs right at all, you won’t hear a word about it. And after that, I can do whatever I want, including sit down to coffee with you.”

“I’m going to hold you to that,” Tony said.

“I won’t answer your calls during the hours that the sun is up or in the couple of hours bordering on sunlight. And I want to avoid talking frequently, in case there are people who are paying attention and might figure out that I’m using a phone other than my own and start looking for this number and find yours.”

“Miss Matthews, I’ve been working for Kirsten for a couple of years now and I’ve met at least a dozen vampires, and every single one of them has been high maintenance and high drama in their own way, but none of them have ever suggested that the fate of the world is riding on their shoulders. Is it possible that this spy stuff is just in your head? You’re going through a really unique time right now.”

“If it is, then it isn’t going to hurt anyone from in there,” Tina said. “I appreciate you saying it, but I’ve got two very experienced vampires watching over me. I’m not out here on my own living a conspiracy theory.”

“Okay,” Tony said. “I just thought I’d ask it in case it was the right question.”

“I appreciate that,” Tina said. “I’ll get stuff to you as soon as I can, and… yeah, I expect I will need to talk to you live after I start getting my hands around all of this. There’s just so much to learn.”

“Yeah, it’s called ‘medical school’,” Tony said. “Well… You’ve seriously got an MRI just there with you?”

“Just here under my elbow,” Tina answered. “I’ll be in touch.”

“All right,” Tony said. “Night.”

“Good night.”

Tina hung up, turning to look at Hunter.

“You make me sound old,” he said. “Experienced.”

“You are,” she said. “Much more experienced at being a vampire than me.”

“And yet we’re the ones who are grounded,” Hunter said.

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