Even God got to rest of the seventh day perhaps to admire his handiwork, but for a writer there is no rest.
I have to go to lunch with an old friend who is concerned that I have locked myself away in a garret and will wither and die, the same as not admitting myself it was time to move on. There is the woman you marry, and your one true love, the one you can say anything to and is taken. Marilyn is that person. I'm not sure how this lunch will go.
Perhaps a little more work on the plot, and a few drinks to settle the nerves.
Still working on the characters (and all need a lot more work, particularly Davenport, oh, and by the way, he's new):
Richardson – Vanilla Office worker in the wrong place at the wrong time
Gator, Inspector – Jaded policeman not far from retirement, overlooked for promotion, and always on the fringe. Will this be his big case before he retires?
Halligan – General Manager, also a field agent who failed to complete his mission. More on what that mission was is coming.
Bill Chandler, we seem to have him under control, except for one small detail, his memories will return.
Jennifer, Chandler's friend, sister to Manilow, not all she appears to be. Spoiler alert! Manilow is another new character who will appear in Bill's dreams (nightmares)
Benton, Chandler's immediate superior, yes man, and eternal pessimist.
Aitchison, security chief, aka Colonel Warburton, Manilow's old commanding officer, repatriated home after making some discoveries about wartime activities.
Wiesenthal – US management employee of Transworld
Giles – Chandler's hardware assistant
Kowalski – executive promoted to head of security, also new, the cast is getting longer
Andy Collins –from the US, worked with Chandler around at the inception of the network installation, working with Chandler recently when updates were carried out
Davenport, aka Alphonse DeAngelo, Chandler's old nemesis, ex-Army Colonel, and he will be a piece of work
The plotline continues but I'm not sure if this will be the eventual direction it will go. There will be a lot of writing before now and then:
Chandler thinks he now has time for some private investigation because a lot of things about the recent events didn't add up. However, in the meantime, the perils of domesticity close in around Bill, the first morning with Jennifer.
A visit to the office, unscheduled, by Bill, brings to light a number of changes; new security and monitoring of movements, making it difficult for Bill to do anything. Kowalski has replaced Aitchison as head of security, and Bill must pay him a visit.
Kowalski is full of sympathy and advises Bill that he has a lot of leave to be taken in order to get better, and a bonus as well. He should not return until fully recovered, and then to a promotion. In other words, Bill reads this as –'Stay Away'.
Giles gives more information of the network problems, and the disaster surrounding the backup tapes, with information that had been requested by Gator. Of course, there was no information of the backup tapes provided, because they had been destroyed. Was it on purpose or by accident?
Another dream and Brainless looms large and lifelike in their first meeting.
At his home to finish collecting his clothes and gear, he wakes up and remembers why he's there. He had removed a tape from a little-used system he'd installed for another purpose, and had brought it to his own PC to see whether there was any evidence on it – given that every other tape either proved Aitchison and Halligan guilty or had been destroyed by well-meaning but apparently incompetent consultants. His tape has interesting information, which he notes, then hides the tape.
Dear God is that the time? I'm late.
More tomorrow!
© Charles Heath 2016-2019
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