William Shatner - Tek War 08 by Tek Kill

Author:Tek Kill [Kill, Tek]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-01-02T13:51:04+00:00

The sky cab landed hard, bounced twice, and ceased to function. was raining hard when they came to take her away. The wind was

““I

rubbing and scraping at the windows of Susan’s room.

She’d been sitting in the deep armchair, listening to the rain hit at the domed ceiling. Beside the chair rested a lunch tray that held an uneaten soy loaf sandwich, an untasted plazcup of citri sub, and a cold mug of nearcaf.

Days like today, slow gray days, she didn’t like at all.

Well, to be honest, she’d long since lost the capacity to enjoy just about any sort of day.

For a while last night, though, she’d felt almost hopeful.

“Yes, almost hopeful,” she said aloud. “I guess that pretty sums up my state of mind.” Being there with Molly and Dan and Dan’s father, she’d started to feel that she still did have a chance. She’d be able to straighten out the tangle of her life. Quit Tek for good, lose any need for the comforting illusions the electronic drug created. Equally important, she would find a way to talk to her father, tell him what she was feeling, explain why Juneanne Stackpoole’s being in their house was so painful to her.

The talk Susan had had with Jake Cardigan while he flew her home in his sky car had buoyed her up, too. He was outwardly tough and cynical, but she sensed a gentleness and a caring inside. With him for a friend, somebody she could get in touch with if she felt herself slipping, Susan was almost certain she could get herself straightened out.

Cardigan had handled her father, too. He delivered her home and explained she’d simply dropped over to visit with Molly and his son.

Made all the trouble with Juneanne seem like an accident and actually calmed her father down. Very few people were able to subdue her father’s spells of anger.

What she had to concentrate on was getting out of the slump she was in today. She had to work up the nerve to contact Cardigan and ask him to’ This will go extremely smoothly and painlessly.” Someone, unannounced and uninvited, came into her bedroom.

“Who are you?” She pushed back deeper into the big chair. The intruder was a tall blond android in a spotless pale yellow suit. He smiled and said, “I’m Alyn—that’s A-l-y-n—and I’ll be your indoctrinating therapist at—”

“Go away!” she cried. “You’re from them. From Stolzer’s.”

“I work for Dr. Stolzer, yes, that’s true,” said Alyn, leaning back against the shut door. “You’re a very bright and intelligent girl, Susie. I know because I’ve spent the morning doing my on your case.

Someone as smart as you are ought to be able to perceive that Dr.

Stolzer can, if you’ll simply relax and let it happen, clear up all your problems.”

“Go away! This is my room. I didn’t send for any goddamned nuts-and-bolts medic who—”

“Easy, easy.” The android came closer and she noticed a faint medicinal smell.

“Who sent you? My father wouldn’t try to drag me back to that hellhole without discussing—”

“Is that a nice thing to say about Dr.

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