“Commander,” the AI’s voice prompted. “This is a repeat of your scheduled wake-up time.”
Ky sat up slowly, rubbing his face. In the years since he’d first gotten...
2021-06-28 23:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post“So, what was that all about?” Whitaker asked.
“The general wanted to make sure we realized that Davis was here specifically to interfere with our investigation, probably to keep us fro...
2021-06-25 19:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe last chapter of Playing by Ear is done, but that is far from the end of the story (what with all those hanging plot threads). This will be a long seies and is a serial, so each book shoul...
2021-06-21 18:02:24 +0000 UTC View PostChef’s prediction that we’d be busy had been right, we were packed. It was mostly people from school, celebrating the end of the semester and the beginning of their vacation, but there were sti...
2021-06-21 17:29:00 +0000 UTC View PostKat seemed like a totally different person when we left the trailer, bouncy and smiling instead of the introverted girl on the verge of tears who’d first arrived.
“This next part is going...
2021-06-21 17:09:21 +0000 UTC View PostThings were fairly uneventful for almost a week, which seemed like a major victory of some type, considering how the past few months had gone. I was making progress in my tutoring, thanks to Kat, a...
2021-06-20 15:35:23 +0000 UTC View PostBy Friday, I was starting to get concerned about Rhonda despite what I’d said to Hanna. She hadn’t been to school the rest of the week and I’d started hearing rumors that she was changing sch...
2021-06-19 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostI was feeling better on Monday, right up until English class. It was the first time I’d seen Rhonda since the party. We’ve moved next to each other early in the year, and normally we sat next t...
2021-06-18 16:47:44 +0000 UTC View Post“Charlie,” Mom’s voice came through my bedroom door.
I didn’t want to hear it. I just pulled a pillow over my head and ignored her.
“Charlie, I’ll give you five more minutes...
2021-06-16 23:30:24 +0000 UTC View PostRhonda wasn’t thrilled with me skipping our lunch to go to the choir room with Cameron. She accepted it, but made it clear she didn’t want to give up any more lunches this week.
Things ha...
2021-06-14 22:58:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe follow-up to the meeting ended a few minutes later as the doors to the Oval Office opened and disgorged most of the participants.
“You two follow me,” Solomon said as he came out.
... 2021-06-12 00:55:51 +0000 UTC View PostWillie and Mom cut the meeting about my future short since he still had to get Cameron back to his car. Even with that, I was groggy when my alarm went off the next morning. Chef had me come in for...
2021-06-05 21:17:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe day was getting late by the time Ky got back. He headed straight to the Emperor’s audience chamber, where they’d arranged for the meeting with the military commanders. Ky had gotten the mes...
2021-06-02 12:58:24 +0000 UTC View PostSince it wasn’t quite dinner time, there hadn’t been many customers in the restaurant, but the staff for the evening shift had already clocked in when Aaron had pulled his little stunt.
T...
2021-05-31 15:32:45 +0000 UTC View PostAfter several hours in conversation with Ramirez, Carus, and Taenaris, Ky finally got to leave the Senate. For now, as long as Ky was always at hand, they could block Silo, but they needed to get m...
2021-05-29 13:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostSilver Plains, Texas
“If you look closely, Mr. Dillon, you’ll see all this flooring is hardwood, not that wood paneling you find in new construction,” Britney Stewart s...
2021-05-27 18:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean you have plans?” Ronda asked.
Rhonda had met me out by the parking lot and we were trying to work out plans for our next date. She’d suggested Sunday, which was alread...
2021-05-25 12:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostMonday I still couldn’t get what happened out of my mind. No matter what I did on Sunday, I kept coming back to Rhonda.
It wasn’t her talking to Aaron, although I didn’t love that. She ...
2021-05-21 16:36:20 +0000 UTC View PostKy woke up early once again. He’d spent the remainder of the day going over specifics with the legates who’d remained at the meeting. Ky found he liked Auspex who, unlike Eborius and Pius, had ...
2021-05-18 15:27:03 +0000 UTC View PostThursday Rhonda went with us to the Blue Ridge as she had planned. My training time didn’t go well. I was distracted and unfocused to the point that Chef made me run laps around the restaurant fo...
2021-05-14 17:47:21 +0000 UTC View PostI wasn’t surprised to find Mom sitting at the kitchen table when Keenan and Willie dropped me off. It was pretty late and she’d been off work for a while, so I knew she’d be home and, despite...
2021-05-10 14:55:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day was a whirlwind. Packer could practically taste the PR value of Taylors’ on-air apprehension of a mad bomber. Taylor wanted to tell the man to go screw himself, but Caldwell still so...
2021-05-06 17:19:28 +0000 UTC View PostWashington, D.C.
The time for the Senator’s speech at the hotel came and went, and Taylor couldn’t get anyone on the phone to tell him if anything had happened. Thankfull...
2021-05-06 17:13:32 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out the wait for the subpoena was longer than the wait on the lab. Taylor had spent most of the day out, tracking down leads on his own, and it was already fairly late by the time they st...
2021-05-04 12:49:03 +0000 UTC View PostTaylor made calls on the drive back to D.C. He was familiar with Northbridge Services Group as they were a major defense contractor back when he was in. They specialized in basic equipment like bod...
2021-05-01 17:56:08 +0000 UTC View PostTaylor and Whitaker were almost outside when their next obstacle showed up. He’d heard Cole mention Caldwell’s campaign manager, but he’d hoped Packer had just talked to Cole over the phone s...
2021-04-29 19:22:23 +0000 UTC View PostTaylor took the stairs three at a time, clearing the first floor in seconds, Whitaker’s footsteps echoing close behind him. He’d just made it to the second floor when he heard a crashing sound ...
2021-04-27 12:33:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the commanders went back to their camps to rest and prepare for the meeting that evening, Ky’s work continued. That afternoon he was meeting with the head tax collectors, who assigned tax d...
2021-04-19 14:09:11 +0000 UTC View PostI showered, grabbed my stuff, and headed out towards the front porch where Willie normally sat when he wasn’t on stage. Sure enough, he was in his favorite chair, relaxing, when I came out.
Both he and Whitaker fell asleep quickly. It had been a long day already with the promise of several longer days to come, at least until they found Hubbard. Normally, Whitaker would have been up wo...
2021-04-07 13:23:26 +0000 UTC View Post