Chapter 14 Research
An excerpt from The Titanium Mysteries Book 1: What Is She Doing Here?
After Zeta reviewed Phillipe’s notes, she got out her tablet to do more research. She wanted to finish the book he had hired her to ghostwrite for him. He had already paid her well for the work they had done together. Now she wanted to learn more from the web.
She knew the information could contradict his notes, but she didn’t care about that. She just wanted more information to fill in the gaps and to give the book a more rounded view of his whole life. She found articles on him. Some were funny. Some were critical. Others were neutral.
She watched the videos he and Toni had done. She found she couldn’t stop laughing at times. She made more notes. She found more material she could add to the book. Then she stopped. With Phillipe dead, who would read over it and give her feedback? He was supposed to. He at least could understand what she had written. But now he was gone.
How was she going to finish this book? She bit her lip and thought about it. She could ask Toni for some feedback. He might do that if he had the time.
Of course she would have to tell the detectives everything she knew. She blinked. Why? Why did she want to help them out? She looked out the window and wondered at herself. She was never interested in helping the police in the past. When the accident had happened she had to deal with the police then. It was terrible. Some weren’t too nice to her. Others at least understood she had just lost her parents.
But Detectives Julian and Zelda had always been nice and respectful to Zeta. She blinked again. She thought perhaps Julian found her attractive. Yet, he had never said anything to her. Perhaps he understood that she didn’t want to know? Zeta thought she wanted to see him on his hoverboard. What kind of stunts would he try to do?
She smiled to think he would catch a murderer on his hoverboard. It wouldn’t be too hard when nearly no one on the planet of Titanium owned a car. It was never practical. Many of the settlements were built for walking and for longer distances public transport was built. So, no one ever needed to own a car.
Zeta had never learned to drive and she had no desire to learn. She also didn’t have a desire to learn how to fly. The accident had affected her that much. But she didn’t need to know how to drive or fly. She could get anywhere she wanted to go by walking or taking public transport.
She sighed. She rubbed her eyes. She needed a break from all the research. She was learning more about Phillipe. She wrote up some more notes and sent a copy to the detectives. They sent her a thank you response.
She wished she had a more personal response from Julian. She sighed. What was wrong with her? He certainly was an attractive looking elf. She shook her head. What was wrong with her? She didn’t usually notice anyone like that.
She looked at the clock on her tablet and realized how late it was. No wonder she was tired. She might as well take a shower and go to bed. It didn’t take her long to take a shower or to get into her pajamas.
Soon she was crawling into her bed. She cuddled up to her unicorn stuffed animal. But she couldn’t get to sleep. She closed her eyes and saw Julian smiling at her. She bit her lip, but she didn’t want to open her eyes.
She fell asleep thinking about him. She found herself dreaming she saw him on his hoverboard. He approached her with a smile and came down to her. He held out his hand to her. She took it and he helped her on the hoverboard. He put his arms around her waist and they flew off. She put her arms around his neck.
She found herself laughing as they flew through the sky together.
