Category: Higgins World

  • Chapter 17

    A telling meeting, a trouble revealed…     Francos Morales, Overload of the Humanos Verdaderos, was not looking forward to a visit from El Poh Grande, head of the Iglesia Humanos Verdaderos. The old man was pompous, long winded, and usually boring. Francos attended services in his private chapel whenever he could, and only went to…

  • Chapter 16

    The inspector arrives…     “What do you mean, the girl is gone?” Inspector Charlotte Rhody’s voice penetrated Simon’s skull like a knife. “You were ordered to confine her and insure she had no contact with any one from Refugio, were you not?”     The woman’s gaze made Simon want to turn and run, but he…

  • Chapter 15

    Deceived, captured, and abused…   “How long will they be out?” Mack Gunson, the ship’s captain, asked the cook.     “I don’t want to give them too much at once. You can taste it if it is too strong, but it will stay in their systems. By tomorrow afternoon when we rendezvous with Blackie, they’ll be…

  • Chapter 14

    Farm twenty-two, the quarantine rooms, a leaving…     “Deirdre, for the last time you cannot see Sarita.” Morianan was becoming more and more annoyed with the whinny, simpering woman.     “But we have little to do in the packing plant right now. It would release one of the Healers to their own duties.”     “Sarita…

  • Chapter 13

    The Residency, a message, hope…     Serept showed Carlos Bethal into the Overlord’s office without ceremony. He could see the man was excited and would not wait. Carlos asked him to fetch Megal to the meeting as well. Francos rose to greet his father-in-law.     “You have good news, I gather?”     “I do, but…

  • Chapter 12

    A way out, a way home, a plan…     “So, this order from the Overlord will be the exact cover I need to go home,” Tony explained to Simon over the voicecom. “All we will need to do is get Sarita, Nathan and Rhonda here to the port and we can leave for Refugio.”    …

  • Chapter 11

    Farm 22, the library, questions…     The last class had left the classroom. Sarita had finished straightening up after them. She accessed the comnet and began researching Megal Morales. If she was to bond with this man — and that looked likely, according to her mother — she wanted to know as much as she…

  • Chapter 10

    The Residency, Refugio, concerns…     Tuban Morales was troubled. “Francos, I hope we have a secondary plan for Megal. So far none of the family Pesch has indicated they have women of the right age. Broker Stein did get a strange message from Alam that Anthony Pesch might know of someone. But he has no…

  • Chapter 9

    A deception, a condition, trouble in Utopia…     Decoman Kearney had made up his mind. He would contact the Assembly Population Office and the guild of discerners. He was no fool. The Refugio trade representative had been to Farm Twenty-Two far too often these past few weeks. Each time he had been in the company…

  • Chapter 8

    Family revelations, news withheld… It took almost a full week for Rita to arrange a few months off. While many of her colleagues found her haughtiness rude, most valued her knowledge and ability as a healer. She was not sure she could persuade Sarita to see this chance as an opportunity and not a dangerous…