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The Accident (Part 7)
A Short Story
*If you need to start from the beginning, here are the links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6*
The Underground…
Veronica sits in the chair quietly, waiting for Wendy to say something. Across the desk, Wendy is bent over in her chair, laying her head on the desk.
“Wendy, what’s wrong? Do you recognize the guy?”
Wendy screamed, “FUCK!!” Then lifted her head from the desk, “Yea… yes, I know who he is. The last time I heard his name or had anything to do with him was almost twenty years ago. Do they want me to call them or something? I don’t know what, if any information I would be able to give them at this point about Jim.”
“Helen didn’t say that directly, but I imagine given the situation, Dr. Marx or one of the other higher-ups probably want to know what he did during his time in The Underground. You know how they operate over there.” Veronica responded with a bit of an attitude.
“Just what I wanted to do today, talk to those freaking people. What is it that connects our two operations again? I mean, I know a few of the people that worked for us left and went to help Dr. Marx over there, but that’s it. We have nothing else in common. The Underground was created way before The Conservatory existed.” Wendy sounded…
