Evolution

Mark Le Lerre

Description

This story has an idyllic backdrop, after a massive political upheaval America is embarking on a new path having abolished the economic system. In a country of satellite city states a killer relocates to the beautiful care state to escape his past. His past however won’t release him and when he starts to feel emotions that he’d never imagined before he ends up torn between primal urges and love. All the time a helpless witness is unable to intervene from within his paralyzed body.

Sujets

• Mystery
• Fiction
• Lucy

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse UK
• Date de parution: 07 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781728376219
• Langue: English

Extrait

EVOLUTION
BOOK ONE OF THE CELL SERIES
MARK LE LERRE


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Published by AuthorHouse 11/02/2022
 
ISBN: 978-1-7283-7622-6 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-7283-7621-9 (e)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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CONTENTS
Before
Now
John And His Torture
A Nostalgic Movie Called Saw
Lucy And Fucking Wendy
A Wolf Among The Sheep
Diplomacy And Fried Chicken
Lunch With Fucking Wendy
Heather The Housewife
Espionage
Jake’s Story
Charlie Confesses To Anna
The Sheep Teaching The Wolf
Chicken Korma With A Side Of Deception
Heather And Lucy On A Memorable Date Night
A Spy Makes Her Choice
The Wolf Saves A Sheep
Freya And Charlie
We’re Going To Have A Baby
Anna, Reflections Of A Revolutionary
The Establishment
The Wolf Guards The Sheep
A Present For Heather
Amber Gets A Phone Call Before Her Afternoon Run
Anna’s Meeting Went Just As Expected
The Wolf Needs To Hunt
Three’s Company
Lucy’s Introduced To A Wolf
John’s Anguish
A First Date And A First Experience
The Shepherdess Needs To Avenge Her Sheep
Jake Makes A Discovery
The Investigation Draws A Blank
John’s Reluctantly Taken Out Stalking
A Movie To Forget
Back To Work
The Wolf Has A New Plan
A New Turn In The Investigation
An Interesting Night
John And The Wolf Go Swimming
An Investigation Stalled
Two Wolves Meet
Cheryl Is Being Hunted
Jake And The Gang Cheer On A Savage Tanya
Hangover Sex Is The Best
Lucy Needs To Protect Her Sheep
The Fragility Of Jake’s New Life
How To Trap A Wolf
The Wolf Swim’s
Tanya See’s Jakes Other Side
Who’s Watching Who?
Revelation
BEFORE
I n a squalid residence in a poor area in a city that knew better times a boy is hiding underneath his bed. It’s a common occurrence for this child. So much so that he’s created a nest of sorts with teddy bears and various books to both comfort and take his attention away from the familiar noises which are still reaching his senses.
There’s a muffled sound of his mother crying battling with the sounds of punches for the privilege of corrupting a twelve year old mind. The boy shakes uncontrollably and tears run down his face as he contemplates the worst that the night will throw at him. He hates listening to his mother sobbing, until she slips into a merciful albeit troubled sleep.
As if to accompany the poor woman on the other side of the wall the boy’s sobs are steady and eventually his sleep will be equally troubled.
He’ll be tired at school tomorrow again probably falling asleep and he knew that his teacher had reported it several times to the authorities but there was no evidence of physical abuse so nothing was done.
But then an unusual sound breaks the misery, the doorbell rings once then again. The boy looks at his watch and sees that it’s past two o’clock he wonders who could be calling so late as the sound of his father now snoring is interrupted by the disturbance. The boy holds his breath fearfully until the rhythmic snoring picks up it’s usual tempo, the drunken bastard could sleep through anything after spending most of the day in bars drinking with his buddies.
Footsteps now as the doorbell rings again and desperate pleas as a soft voice begs for patience while she hurries to get to the door knowing fully that if he wakes up her miserable night will reach a new level of torture.
“What is it? Why are you here?”
says the soft whispering voice.
“I haven’t called you.”
Now a stern man’s voice full of confidence and authority “Ma’am you don’t have to call us any more. The country’s changed and we’ve been monitoring your home for weeks now.”
He changes his tone now, less authority and more sensitive.
“This is Marie she’s a social worker who’s been assigned to your family. We’re taking you to a safe place where he can’t hurt you.”
Now the boy hears the lady called Marie speak with a Hispanic accent.
“You’re safe now Jane, we’re able to help you. Where’s the boys room? He’ll be looked after in a foster home pending an investigation. There’s an officer here who’ll take him now.”
She persisted.
“Best for him if you don’t make a fuss and you’ll see him under supervision soon I promise.”
Now heavy footsteps outside his bedroom and the boy shakes uncontrollably as his door opens gently. There’s a shocked intake of breath as the policeman and social worker take in the scene. Then his mother bursts into uncontrollable tears at the realization that her son’s been sleeping under the bed trying to hide from a world of violence. As Marie kneels down on the floor and encourages the boy to leave his refuge he picks up one thing that he knows he can’t lose, a shiny silver dollar.
The events that led to such a bold action to be taken by the police and social services to force the boy and his family to get the help they desperately needed had begun a year ago.
The final straw was the futility of yet another election between two candidates who were both in their seventies and the only possible appeal they could have for the voters was their charm and the appearance of that dependable uncle. These two characters must be described together because they are simply clones of a political system that desperately wants to maintain the status quo. These men were groomed throughout their political careers as the rare individuals that can give the allusion of free thinking men while all the time bowing down to the corporate masters who really ran the world.
It was obvious that nothing was going to change yet again, either vote for one or the other who cares anyway.
Then it happened, the spark that ignited the tinder that started the blaze.
A relatively small scale walkout in a distribution center by the predominantly young workforce. These people mostly in their 20s were sick of seeing the rich get fatter while they struggled to meet increasing costs like rents, groceries and even healthcare. They just couldn’t understand why on TV they kept hearing that the billionaires was doing so well yet they couldn’t afford even the most basic human rights.
Anna was a young single mum who it transpired had a hidden talent to whip up a crowd into a force to be feared. Who would have realized that the somewhat petite and shy girl whose sole purpose to the billionaire owners of the company was to collect products from the vast shelves and take them to the packaging center, was a threat.
But she was and others too. Too long had these people put up with being constantly timed to perform whatever mundane task they each fulfilled in this money making machine that rewarded them so pitifully.
When a popular worker was dismissed for taking too long on a toilet break something snapped in the huge warehouse.
Tension was as always running high anyway and the sight of the poor man who was far too old to be treated so disrespectfully was just too much. The poor guy begged, he actually begged the supervisor who was less than half his age.
Anna would always remember the voice of the supervisor as he said.
“Sorry Sam but if you’ve got a health issue you should be off sick.”
Sam was crying now and replied meekly that the company didn’t give sick pay. Anna actually heard a mature man announce to all the world that he had hemorrhoids through sobs. Everyone knew that the company didn’t sway on its three strikes and out policy so they all knew that Sam was history.
Anna as she was stood watching the miserable scene unfold held a box in her arms. Eyes watering for her friends plight she meekly, quietly said “no.”
The supervisor was calling for security now as Anna said more confidently “no”
Other staff had stopped their tasks to stare at one defiant young girl who dared to stop work as she said again “NO”
More defiance in her voice now as the supervisor turned to look where the single, basic word was coming from.
The next time the girl shouted the single syllable others were joining in and realizing that she was gaining attention Anna dropped the fragile box.
As it hit the floor the contents smashed loudly and Anna now with a scream shouted “ NOOOO”
She was shocked to realize that all over the huge warehouse people were shouting ‘no’. As well as this things were being smashed as if in respect for the box at Anna’s feet.
She was storming across the warehouse now and gaining a wake of brown overalled workers as security turned up to evict poor Sam.
Sam just stood alongside his supervisor both dumbstruck by the unfolding break to the humdrum everyday routine. Sam looked at his tormentor and burst out laughing.
“Fuck you.”
He said as he rushed to catch up with Anna as quick as his hemorrhoids would allow.
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