Hanna had hung back, waiting for us when we came out of the choir room and passed through the cafeteria, but I waved her off. She didn’t look pleased being kept out of the loop, especially becaus...
2021-09-14 13:49:14 +0000 UTC View Post“What is the feast of Mercatus?” Ky asked the AI as he went back to his quarters to continue making notes.
“The feast of Mercatus is a celebration in the honor of the god Mercatus, ...
2021-09-10 13:08:37 +0000 UTC View Post“You have a phone call,” Mom said Monday morning as I came out of the bathroom after my shower. “Nothing bad happened.”
The last part was probably because she could see the look on my...
2021-09-08 13:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the game, Coach kept his admonitions to a minimum, saying we’d talk about it tomorrow like I guessed, and sent us to get cleaned up. It was still pretty early and I’d planned for this ahe...
2021-09-06 16:28:04 +0000 UTC View PostThere were no more major issues with Aaron for the next week, and Mr. Eaves had been good on his word. He and Mom had a long conversation Saturday before she went to work. I wasn’t allowed to att...
2021-09-03 16:39:19 +0000 UTC View PostOver the weekend I followed Mr. French’s advice and slipped one of my new songs into our setlist. I’d already started brainstorming more songs, since I needed to get a bunch more written and di...
2021-08-31 16:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostMonday, Mr. French was worked up when he met me at my classroom to accompany me from my Enlgish class. He was practically vibrating as I came out of the classroom and we started walking towards the...
2021-08-28 15:10:41 +0000 UTC View Post“So that’s where we think he’s hiding,” Taylor said, summing up everything they’d learned so far.
Gathered in the commander’s office were Lt. Colonel Simmons, Chenier, and Inspect...
2021-08-25 21:03:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe sergeant hadn’t been exaggerating when he said it was out in the desert. He lead them, Chenier, and some conscripted soldiers from one of the training units several miles out into the desert,...
2021-08-25 13:31:17 +0000 UTC View PostIt took time to get everyone together and on the phone. Lt. Colonel Simmons didn’t like being kept in the dark but quieted down when Taylor explained who else needed to be in on the conversation....
2021-08-23 18:46:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day I was sitting in Mr. French’s office again, eating lunch and talking about music, when we both jerked up at the sound of a knock at his office door. Neither of us had heard the main ...
2021-08-21 15:42:19 +0000 UTC View PostTaylor was still coughing from smoke when Chenier ran up. The fire was mostly out, but it would be hours before everything cooled enough to investigate the scene.
Waving off the medic who was...
2021-08-18 22:26:29 +0000 UTC View Post“So, how do we go about catching both the thieves and your serial killer?” Whitaker asked as they pulled up to their temporary housing.
Walking in, Taylor dropped his go bag on his cot an...
2021-08-17 00:17:19 +0000 UTC View PostI’d decided not to say anything to Mom about Chef helping until I knew something concrete. She’d be pissed when she found out I’d disobeyed her specific instructions, so I needed to have a re...
2021-08-14 14:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostNot all of the families were cooperative. The parents of the second victim didn’t want to talk to them. In small towns like this, gossip traveled fast. They’d heard there were people from the a...
2021-08-12 17:23:52 +0000 UTC View PostTaylor stood over the sheriff, looking down at her crumpled body, while Whitaker stepped outside to call her deputies and let them know what had happened. The cause of death was fairly obvious and ...
2021-08-11 21:38:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Well, that was a waste of time,” Whitaker said grumpily as they drove back to the base.
They’d spent almost four hours in the sheriff’s office as she went over all of the murders in ...
2021-08-09 14:21:42 +0000 UTC View PostI've been trying to maintain writing a chapter at least once every 2 to 3 days to hit deadlines of finishing the next Taylor book by Aug. 15th and the next Country Roads book before Christmas (alth...
2021-08-02 02:28:22 +0000 UTC View PostAfter giving the body and scene a thorough once over with Chenier, Whitaker declared she had what she needed, and he could take over the scene. When it came to this kind of thing, she was the exper...
2021-07-30 17:05:34 +0000 UTC View PostWith Mom deciding to give in and just take a judgment in court and living with the restrictions from the restraining order, I was a mess by the time I got to the Blue Ridge for training on Friday. ...
2021-07-28 00:47:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe brig was a small concrete building not far from the front entrance of the base, with an MP corporal on the door, and no windows. It actually reminded Taylor a little of the sheriff’s office, ...
2021-07-25 03:30:12 +0000 UTC View PostMy newfound good mood lasted until two minutes into first period, when I received a note to see Vice Principal Keller right away. Sitting in the front office, waiting to be called into his office, ...
2021-07-21 14:42:24 +0000 UTC View PostAfter dealing with Rhonda, I didn’t feel much like being around people. Not because I’d hoped to win her back or anything, since I’d already closed the door to that ever happening again, sinc...
2021-07-19 01:47:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Query, Commander,” the AI said as Ky wrote out documents for the proper treatment of waste in the city.
It was barely light out, the light blue of dawn creeping through the edge...
2021-07-16 15:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post“So how do we do this? Once the money shows up, everyone’s eyes are going to be on it and the General will have guards all over it. We can’t just wave our badges and walk in with the money. T...
2021-07-13 16:57:36 +0000 UTC View PostI’d warned Chef the day before that I was going to be late, although I hadn’t explained the particulars, since I hadn’t planned on anything coming from it. He, however, saw it as a good chanc...
2021-07-10 18:43:21 +0000 UTC View PostWednesday afternoon I was at the baseball field in my PE clothes along with about thirty other kids. I’d let Chef know I was going to be late and Hanna had agreed to wait for me. Actually, both s...
2021-07-08 17:36:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe sheriff’s office wasn’t hard to find, located at the end of the main street, in a small one-story building that housed the courthouse, police station, and mayor’s office. The building was...
2021-07-06 17:10:29 +0000 UTC View PostA banging on his door woke Ky just as the sun came up. They’d worked late into the night again, sending out recruiters into both the prison camp outside the walls and to across the city and its o...
2021-07-03 20:36:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt was close to midnight and I was sitting in the living room of one of my two best friends, Hanna Philips, the first friend I’d made moving to town, with her and Katherine Moore, who was … com...
2021-07-01 16:43:06 +0000 UTC View Post