R-D, Tome 1 : Cloud Dust
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- Connie Suttle (Écrivain)
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"I promise that General Edwards' killer will be brought to justice," the VP announced at the White House press conference. After a while, I tuned him out and focused on the man standing behind him.
Hugh Lawrence. Secretary of Defense Hugh Lawrence. I shuddered as I studied him. Of all people—well, too bad, I guess. "So sorry you're going to die unexpectedly, dude," I whispered, before turning off the television and tossing the remote onto the coffee table with a sigh.
* * *
"It has just been announced that Hugh Lawrence, Secretary of Defense and trusted adviser to President Sanders, was found dead this morning of an apparent heart attack," the newscaster announced while I peeled a banana for breakfast. "An autopsy will be performed to confirm the cause of death, but doctors are unanimous in their preliminary findings. Mr. Lawrence appeared in good health, and leaves behind two sons and his ex-wife, Stacia. Hugh Lawrence, dead at fifty-six."
"Hugh Lawrence, dead at fifty-six," I mimicked before tossing my banana peel into the wastebasket. Murdering, filthy bastard, I added mentally.
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I got out five years ago.
Untalented, they said.
In other words, they didn't know what to do with me, and murder usually leaves a mess.
I understood messes. Saw too many of them in my dreams. That's why I live where I do, still in their shadow but outside their walls. The conditions, of course, are that I have to move every five years, check in now and then and never, ever, talk about them to anyone.
It was time to move.
* * *
Cloud Dust is a secret, government program, in which ninety-five per cent of the volunteers are dead.
Meet the one who didn't volunteer.
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