Monday, March 24, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Travelers 2
“So,
are you up for it?”
I didn’t know what to say to this plump gray bearded man.
How did I know this wasn’t a setup?
“Am I getting paid for this?”
“Why of course. But, that all depends on the trip we send
you on. Usually a small trip starts at $100,000.”
One
hundred thousand dollars…whoa. I haven’t made that much in my life. My mother
raised me and my brother on her own once my dad left and we didn’t have much to
begin with. I can’t really say I hate my dad, he was a good dad and always
cared for my mom but he just wasn’t happy anymore. Of course he loved us but he
just wasn’t satisfied with the relationship with my mother. I guess you can say
my mom was a little uneasy.
I had just fallen asleep when I heard my dad screaming.
“Ah! Shit Callie!”
“Get out! Get out!” She yelled back.
I don’t know what could have happened he just came in
from work. I lifted up the covers, walked downstairs, and peaked around the
corner into the kitchen. Dad’s leg was bleeding. Mom stabbed him.
“What the f-“Dad stopped as he saw me standing there.
“Dad. Are you okay?” I whimpered. His leg was bleeding profusely.
“Daddy is okay Bruce. Go back to sleep.”
That was all my dad could take this was the second time
this happened and he was done. My mom never remembered what she did to him; her
memory fades in and out. She mostly thinks everything is a dream. They got
divorced but my dad got my mom some help. She seemed quite normal once she had
treatment for a year but she had another outbreak so they placed her in a psychiatric
hospital. My brother and I were placed in a foster home after that.
“What’s the pay look like on a big trip?”
“Well, that also depends, but anywhere from, $800,000 to
more than you could ever dream of.”
“What kind of job will I be doing in these ‘big trips’?”
“Um, no need to worry about that now, let’s go get you
set up with the paperwork and we will talk about it then.”
I nervously followed him down the corridor to what was
called, Sector 495.
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