Beacon 23: Part Four: Company (Kindle Single) - Plot & Excerpts
The split second the outer door of my lifeboat opens, I realize that she’s gonna see me for the first time, without the helmet, with my hair way out of regs, and with my gaunt face.Whatever she’s thinking, she manages a smile. The cramp in my cheeks is a hint for me to not smile back quite so much.“Beacon warming present,” I say, holding out the black plastic bag.Claire looks at it quizzically, but accepts. There’s a length of red wire twisted around the top of the bag. It’s the kind of bag our air filters come in. I’m supposed to toss them in the recycler, but Cricket loves batting them around the modules.“If this is wine, I’m gonna want to know where you got it from,” she says.I watch as she twists the wire off and opens the bag. Reaching inside, she pulls out the can of WD-80. “You can never have enough,” I explain. “And I noticed the circ fan was squeaking a little the last time I was here.”She laughs. “You’re sweet.” The words hit me like a knee to the gut.“Yeah, well.”
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