“I suppose she said when Andy picks them up, they can get him to do anything they want,” Jozette said.
“Perhaps,” Tatiana said.
“Andy can’t say no to Dixie.”
“I’ve seen that. The twins can get Dave to do anything. He has no backbone around those two girls.”
“Well, it’s hard to argue with a father who loves his children and children who love their father,” Jozette remarked.
“No, I wouldn’t trade him for anything,” Tatiana said.
“Mine either,” Jozette said.
“Hey, Belinda, I heard that you missed your chance to advise the President on her fashion choices,” Will said.
“Not exactly.”
“What does that mean?” Jozette asked.
“I received a certified letter last week inviting me to the Whitehouse in two weeks to do a makeover on President Lexington,” Belinda said as she threw her head back and grinned.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Jozette asked.
“You didn’t tell me about going there to discuss women’s issues.”
“Oh, yeah, I guess you’re right. Okay, so we’re even.”
“Now, my question as usual is what’re we going to do the next time that will put our lives in danger?” Andy said.
“Do we have to do something dangerous?” Belinda asked.
“We never start out that way, but in the end, it’s always touch and go. I keep saying let’s go to King’s Island or Disneyworld,” Andy said.
“Dave, is something wrong?” Justin asked. Dave had just finished reading a text and was lost in thought somewhere.
“Dave, Justin is talking to you,” Tatiana said as she nudged her husband.
“What, oh, I’m sorry, Justin… deep in thought I guess.”
“Do we dare ask what you were thinking about?” Jozette interjected. Dave looked at everyone and they were all interested as they could see that something was bothering Dave.
“I’m sorry but I can’t say anything right now.” Then he got up and walked away reading his phone.
“What’s wrong, Tatiana?” Lexi asked.
“I don’t know; he rarely locks people out, especially me. I’ll ask him tonight when we’re alone.” The party broke up and Dave and Tatiana were in the guest bedroom at Belinda and Justin’s house. Tatiana was ready for bed and Dave was sitting on the bed with his arms folded and his chin resting on his hand. “Dave is everything alright?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know or you won’t tell me.”
“No, if I knew I’d tell you. You must know that by now. I don’t keep secrets from you.”
“What about the plane ride on the way to Australia?”
“Yes, I did and I was wrong. I knew you wouldn’t say anything but I was afraid you might take Belinda into your confidence and she can’t keep quiet.” Tatiana gave Dave the look he got when he said anything unflattering about Belinda. “Okay, I know the rule on Belinda and I love her too but you have to admit she can’t keep a secret. Even Lexi said that tonight.”
“Well, okay, I guess you’re right.”
“When I know anything for sure, I’ll tell you.”
“Can you tell me what it’s about?”
“I don’t know yet. An old friend texted me about a problem he’s having but he didn’t elaborate. I asked for clarification but he won’t tell me. All he said was that he was afraid for himself and his family.”
“He’s a physicist, doesn’t he just push numbers around like you do?” She liked to tease Dave and he was used to it.
“You’re very funny,” he said smiling. “But I think you’re right, what could he do that would put his life or his family in danger?”
“When will you know?”
“He told me to meet him this Wednesday at a café in Pittsburgh. I’m supposed to wear a disguise and meet him in the back corner of this place.”
“I’m not sure I like this idea.”
“Well, it’s in broad daylight so, I guess it’ll be okay.”
“It was not okay and what his friend had to tell him scared Dave to his bones. It would set the world on a path to destruction and the group would face a crisis that would pale the ones they had faced before.”
EPILOGUE
In the next book Dave receives information from a fellow physicist that a group of latter-day Nazis, direct descendants of the Nazis who surrounded Adolph Hitler, are on the brink of discovering one of Nikola Tesla’s lost secrets. It’s a secret that could lead to the development of a series of things that would place the world as it is now in grave danger. If they find the answers, they are looking for then these children of Hitler would be in a position to take over the world and rule it in their own maniacal fashion. These fanatics will stop at nothing to achieve their aims and they’ll kill anyone who gets in their way. Dave’s friend is being forced to complete the work that Tesla started and find the solution to the Unified Field Theory. If he is successful then the Nazis will have the path to Time Travel, Teleportation and a Particle Beam weapon that could reach anywhere on Earth in seconds and obliterate anything in its path.
Once the Nazis find out about Dave and his work in electromagnetism, then he and his family are in danger and by association, the entire group. Justin, Belinda, Andy, Jozette, Will, Lexi, Little Wolf, Julieta, Warren, Ariel and all of the kids. As Andy is fond of saying; we start out on vacation and end up fighting for our lives every time. The adventure continues as my characters fight to save their lives and the world from Hitler’s spawn. Read The Eve of Abounding Wickedness to find out what happens.
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Wasteland Press
Shelbyville, KY USA
Falcon Down
by Mark Spaid
Copyright © 2019 Mark Spaid
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
First Printing – August 2019
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-68111-322-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019911337
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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