Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Day 210, Sunday
July 29th, 2018
Chapter Seven: Jim
Kathy looked forward to every meeting with Jim. It both excited her, and
made her feel a deep sense of trepidation.
She imagined that at any time her handlers from the Agency would come to
put a stop to it, to interrogate her and ask her endless questions about who he
was, how he appeared in her life, what his motivations were.
She knew that they would be disturbed if she were to tell them that she
did not know the answers to those questions.
Being with Jim gave Kathy a feeling that she had never experienced
before. She felt peace, and comfort.
She felt understood
She was like a child with her father. He was older, wiser, his age was
unfathomable to her.
He never asked her to use her abilities, to explain things, to read
minds, to solve problems, to perform her tricks. This differentiated him from
every other person she had ever met, other than her biological parents.
And yet, Kathy wanted to perform for him, show off her skills, to demonstrate
her intelligence.
His mind was still. He was utterly opaque.
She knew that he was an ancient person, an alien, an anomaly, and yet
nevertheless human, in the full sense of the term.
He was not like her, he was something different, and she loved him
without question.
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