by Jeff Strand
"More adoration for us, then."
"Hold on," I say. "Harriett, if you're ready to leave, I'll drive you to the hospital."
"That would be fantastic, thank you."
We all get up. Maraud gives me a hug, and then Jeannie gives me a less painful hug. Harriett settles for offering kisses on the cheek.
Then we part ways.
* * *
One cool thing about slaying Cyclopses and freeing townspeople from their imprisonment is that you can find at least one person who's so grateful that they give you their car.
It's a nice one. Very comfortable.
* * *
"Does it itch?" I ask Harriett, as we step into the elevator.
She scratches at her cast. "It didn't until you said something."
"Sorry. I broke my arm when I was a kid and I just remember that it itched."
"I'll be okay."
The elevator doors close. I press the button for the ground floor.
"So how exactly are you going to get back to South Dakota to talk to Seth's family?" I ask.
"I'm not sure. I'll figure it out."
"Do you need a ride?"
"Are you offering a ride?"
I don't answer. The elevator doors open. We step out.
"Yeah, sure, why not? I have nowhere else to be."
The End
Acknowledgements
Giant Cyclops-sized thanks to Tod Clark, Lynne Hansen, Wendy Latham, Michael McBride, Jim Morey, Rhonda Rettig, Donna Fitzpatrick Stinson, and Paul Synuria II for their usual awesome assistance with this book. If there were any parts you didn't like, they probably tried to talk me out of including them.
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Table of Contents
Cyclops Road copyright 2016 by Jeff Strand
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
EPILOGUE
Acknowledgements
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