Their trial will be a doozy, he thought.
Monika Keller entered her boss’s office without knocking. She had two paper cups full of steaming hot coffee.
“Well, Boss, is it over?”
“I am afraid, my dear Monika, our work has just begun. We are still looking for the doctor and his son. They escaped with about ten second-generation clones and the entire third generation.”
“Where do you think they are?”
“Probably still in Austria. I think there is another facility somewhere near Vienna.”
“And then?”
“Wait until we can see what is hidden under the Odeonsplatz buildings. That alone should keep us busy for the rest of our careers.”
“They arrested Steve Walker this morning. It took them five hours to empty his offices of all the paperwork and computers,” Monika added.
“Yes, I know, and don’t forget the mayor’s connections to Meyer-Hofmann. He doesn’t seem to have paid for a meal on his credit card since he came to power!”
They both laughed.
“We shouldn’t laugh, Monika. We both helped to elect him!”
“Not me, I voted for the other guy!”
“Yeah, yeah, that’s what they will all say.”
Günther leant back in his chair and took a long slurp of the hot coffee, wincing as it scalded the roof of his mouth.
“You know, it’s sad, Monika,” he said, spluttering. “This country was doing so well, and now we are going to have to spend another fifty years apologising for the same madmen.”
“Do you think so?”
“I am afraid I do.”
47
Michael and Lisa were back in a Munich hotel room. It was nothing like the Bayerische Hof; but the Mercure Hotel offered them a clean, homely alternative, as well as a certain amount of anonymity. The brown speckled carpet in the bedroom had seen better days, and there were visible tracks where countless suitcases had been pushed and pulled to their respective beds. Opening the thick burgundy curtains, Michael had to smile at the empty streets that greeted him. It had been a spontaneous decision to switch hotels, moving from the respectable Four Seasons on Maximilian Street to the Mercure Hotel next to Munich’s main train station, but it was not one they had regretted. Despite the worn surfaces, the pair felt safer here than anywhere they had been since arriving in Germany. Hounded by the press and the establishment in equal measure since Michael had left the hospital, there was little they could do but play innocent. Günther Müller had been able to assure them they would not be arrested in the next few days. They were both suspected of being involved in the deaths of the men in Starnberg and Gallery street. He couldn’t give them any guarantees for the future.
Lisa sat on the side of the bed, finishing the crossword in a Times newspaper she had picked up from the station newsstand.
“Darling, don’t you want to sit down?” she asked.
“I have spent enough time sitting down or lying on my back recently.”
“Do you want to talk?”
“What is there to talk about? It feels like a dream to me, Lisa.”
“What do you mean?”
“I just can’t comprehend what happened to me, and I am shit scared that it may start all over again.”
“I thought you said it was over? That you had beaten him? That he couldn’t come back? Michael!”
“I did. I mean, it is. That doesn’t change the fact that I can still remember him. Who he was, what he believed, what he felt. Lisa, I am afraid that I could become more like him.”
“No, darling. Don’t worry, I know you. That is why he failed. You are a good man.”
“Thanks.” Michael’s voice was wistful.
Lisa walked over to the window and stood behind him. There was no great view, just a damp Munich side street and city traffic. Wrapping her arms around his waist, she squeezed him tightly, pressing the side of her face against his back.
“It is going to be all right, Michael. I promise!”
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About the Author
Jonathan Allen Taylor is a Golf Professional living and working in Munich, Germany. After moving to Germany in 1988, he set up a successful Golf Academy working closely with Professor Klaus Schneider from the Institute of Sports Science in Munich. He has published three instructional books “The Move” published by the Albrecht Verlag in 2005 and “Swing Simply” and “Swing Simply 2” published by the Golf Time Verlag in 2009 and 2012. He also writes a regular column in the Golf Magazine “Golf Time". He produced two DVD’s to accompany his books and runs a successful YouTube channel with over 1.8 million views and 3000 subscribers worldwide.
Although no stranger to writing, Meyer-Hofmann AG is Jonathan’s first foray into the world of fiction.
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