The wind ripped across Halliday’s face as the boat carved through the water. Silas sat beside him in the passenger seat of the speedboat. Halliday had handed over his credit card to the boat rental attendant, ‘I may need this longer than you’re used to seeing,’ he told the man. He was happy for the business. The TerraCode card had a forty-thousand dollar limit.

The exchange had been a nightmare. Radio communications with the other agents looking for Munro’s captors had all but disappeared. No trace of them had been found. Silas had never seen his father look so worried. They had driven to three marinas before his father decided to change plans. No one so far had seen anything strange in the past few days, especially an exotic-looking boat. Silas watched his father clutch his chest after one of his returns. Each time he came back to the car, he was breathless. Silas knew this was not a good sign, but his father dismissed his concern. Now they searched every dock in the harbour. Silas was not only looking out for a strange boat, but anxiously looking at his father to make sure he was okay. Silas knew there was something his father wasn’t telling him. He was afraid to find out what it might be, but he needed to know what was going on.

“Why would we give them a fake, dad?” Silas yelled over the sound of the rushing water. It was a question that had dogged his mind since he had heard his father say it. Silas had kept his thoughts to himself as long as he could because none of it made sense.

He saw his father’s shoulders slump out of the corner of his eye. The thrum of the motor slowed, and the boat began to slow down. Halliday turned the boat toward shore, the wake of the boat catching up to them as they bounced over the waves.

Halliday didn’t know where to start, but he knew he was finished with lying.

 

Currently I’m feeling unwell as the onset of flu season has decided to invade my body. So, I apologize for not having any interesting “tid-bit” topics to add to the latest online installment of OurGlass.

I anticipate being in better health before next week arrives. By then I will have the energy and focus to provide something interesting to share.

Regards,

Greg Berg