Star Runners 2: Revelation Protocol
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“Her parents? Yes. Revelation Protocol was carried out on the entire family,” the nurse said with a nod. “They are waiting for her in Savannah. I was told they have spent the past hours at the Tizona Campus in Georgia.”
“I see.” He looked at her brunette hair, trying to accept it was real. After all this time, she sat on the other side of the room. “And her counseling?”
The nurse glanced at her tablet. “She has recovered from the initial shock, but has been very quiet since she was told she would be going back to school.”
Josh swallowed. “May I see her?”
“Of course. She was told she was receiving a special guest today.”
He gestured to the room. “Now?”
“Sure.”
He strolled past the tables covered in chess and checkerboards, past the people pouring their feelings out to the counselors. Some spoke in grim tones, others spit out sentences between bouts of sobbing. One pair of women spoke about a car accident.
He held his head high as he walked, and paused behind her chair. Reaching out with his hand, he froze. He closed his mouth and swallowed.
“Kadyn?” he asked.
She turned around, her hair falling over her shoulder. “Josh?” She blinked. “Oh my, Josh?”
He held out his hand, stopping her from standing. Moving around in front of her, he knelt on one knee.
“What are you doing here, Josh?” she asked, her voice soft.
He reached out, caressing her hand. He stared into her brown eyes for a long, precious moment. If he spoke, if he said anything, he knew it could end like a dream interrupted, and he wanted to feel the softness of her hand in his, wanted it to last.
“Josh,” she said, leaning forward. Darkness had formed under her eyes. She looked tired. “What are you doing here?”
He squeezed her hand and cleared his throat. He stared at the floor, struggling to realize the day had arrived. “I have come a long way to tell you something I should have told you a long time ago.”
THE AUTHOR
L.E. Thomas might have been born in Virginia, but his mind was always in the stars. Long before he earned several writing awards in journalism, graphic design and fiction, he dreamed of flying spacecraft into the depths of space.
L.E. Thomas lives in Georgia with his wife and rescued dog. He earned a communications degree with a minor in writing and received his Master’s in History. He works in PR and teaches part-time as a History adjunct professor, but his true passion is writing.
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