Double trouble

Kieran

Words: ‘Back from CA. Need to see you ASAP.’ flashed on the screen.

Fuck it!

Simon was really a master at picking the right time. The fact that what I had been yearning for was almost within reach brought all my pent-up expectations to a boil, and they exploded at the worst possible moment. But dealing with the consequences could wait, as a far more important matter was demanding my attention.

I needed no explanation; I had a pretty good guess of what Simon was talking about. And judging by the urgency, I wouldn’t like what he had for me.

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“I have to admit I was not expecting things to be this serious when I flew down to Sacramento.” Simon was the first to break the silence that enveloped his office after he served me with his findings. “I knew it would be far from what we initially gathered, but this…”

A thousand different thoughts came rushing through my head, shaking the ground I was standing on. I was about to crush under the weight of the knowledge I had come to