Timepiece
Copyright© 2015 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 24
Psst, David. Over here.
I jumped.
“You know,” I said, “Since you can speak in my thoughts, why whisper?”
Oops. That brought me to the immediate attention of the Trooper at the door.
“What?” said the State Trooper.
“Did I speak?”
“Yes,” he said.
“Odd, that,” I said. “You’re sure?”
“Yes, you spoke,” he said.
“Hmm,” I said, “What did I say?”
“What?”
“You said that,” I said.
“What?”
“Yes.”
Suddenly, the trooper was on his lapel mike, then he was listening to his coily earpiece. He turned to me and said, “Don’t leave. The Sergeant wants to speak to you.”
“I’ll just stand over there, then?” I pointed off to the left of the door. That was the direction I had heard the Powers speak.
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