Daniel Ganninger - Icarus Investigations 01 - Flapjack (37 page)

“
You’re not going to get all sappy on me, are you?”  I jokingly replied.

“
I might cry and you may have to hold me.”

“
Yeah, that’s never going to happen.  How about Elizabeth?  I bet she would.”

“
I don’t know maybe I’ll take her on a vacation.  We’ll see.  You and Jane though, that looks good, huh?”  Galveston asked.

“
Yeah, I’m really fond of her, especially after all of this,” I said, not telling him of our moment back at the hotel in San Diego.

“
Do you want me to tell her you like her?”  Galveston asked smartly.

“
Yeah, do that.  Maybe pass her a note during gym class,” I quipped and then paused pasting a goofy grin on my face. “I haven’t met anyone like her before.”

“
Alright lover boy.  Back to reality.  Let’s get May to get us out of here and back home before Alex pawns everything out of our office to buy more toys.” 

May drove us to O’Hare airport and arranged an early departure back to
San Diego.  We said our farewells and left May to guide the Bureau in the mess of information we had for them.  It was their baby now and at this point we didn’t care what they did. 

I felt no ill feelings against May for dragging us into this.  I’m sure in his wildest dreams
, he didn’t imagine it would go this far.  He was an upstanding man who would have pulled us out at the slightest request, but he knew he had Galveston to rely on, and he trusted him fully.

The
Flapjack’s
future was uncertain and unwritten.  The demonstration would create a buzz in the industry, but it was now up to Dr. Sloan to see where that would go. 

We planned to help him at any turn.  There were many
proponents, but there would also be many forces against it.  It was just too revolutionary for anyone to handle.  People don’t react well to radical changes in technology and this was no exception.  It could physically change the makeup of the world. 

Dr. Sloan would have to do a lot of soul searching on
the best plan for implementation of the battery, because his name would be the one to go down in the history books.

It was finally over and I was looking forward to sleeping in my own bed without worries.  I hadn’t done the books on our finances, and I wondered if we would have anything to show for our work
.  Frankly, I didn’t care.  At least we would have peace of mind.

We boarded the plane to
San Diego and Galveston and I talked about everything except what we had just gone through the last few weeks.  Our eyes grew heavy, and we both found a comfortable position and fell hard asleep in our seats.  I was looking forward to a hot shower and to seeing Jane.  But, more than that, I was finally beginning to feel like a nice, normal person again, at least until the next case.

Author

Daniel Ganninger lives with his wife and two children in Central Texas and has a love of useless trivia and flying airplanes. He graduated from the University of Texas and when not writing he works at his other profession in the medical field as a Physical Therapist.

Join Galveston and Murphy in their next adventure,
Peeking Duck
, Case #2 from the Files of Icarus Investigation.

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