Cold Spring Ghosts

Chapter 23 The Basement Lab

Meanwhile, a few days earlier.

I'd been hanging with Daddy at the estate lately.

Daddy wasn't just staying in — he was hiding down in the basement, messing with something.

First time I ever knew we had a basement this big.

There were all these glass walls, and a giant screen in the middle. Daddy was talking to some people, and I heard him call it a quantum computer.

The screen was covered in numbers. Looking at it gave me a headache.

Daddy used tools to make things that looked like hands and feet.

I thought it was creepy.

But Daddy kept saying to those cold metal pieces: "Vivienne, wait for me."

I looked all around. Didn't look like Mommy to me. Not even close.

Daddy's being silly.

Hmm. Now I miss Mommy again.

At least before I could look at Mommy's body and her photo. Now I ca