Of Another Dimension
Of Another Dimension
By
Jeanette Lynn
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Jeanette Lynn
Of Another Dimension
Copyright 2014 by Jeanette Lynn
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Table of Contents
Books by
Jeanette Lynn
Cosmic Soul Mates Series
Stellar Proportions
Book 1
Out Of This Orbit
Book 2
On Her Axis
Book 3
(m/f/m) (no m/m)
The Brides of Mordenne Series
A Mate To Match
Book 1
In Her Eyes
Book 2
Other Books
By Jeanette Lynn
Of Another Dimension
The Bridal Hunt
Jingle Belled And Mistletoed
When She Least Expected It
(William Gerald's story from Jingle Belled And Mistletoed)
Warning:
This book contains sexually explicit material, intended for readers 18 and older.
It also contains ménage a trois situations and some violence.
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I woke up when I heard the thunder boom, rattling my bedroom windows. I popped up and glanced around tiredly, rubbing my eyes to clear the sleep from them.
Lightning flashed, illuminating the room.
I got up when I heard a man's voice coming from somewhere outside.
Surely, no one was outside in this madness
, I thought worriedly as I got up and stumbled my way to a window.
It was hard to see anything through the rain pounding down, but I could make out a lone figure in a bathrobe, a tuft of white hair puffing up around his head as he hammered large spikes of some kind of metal into the ground.
"Oh, my gosh! He's lost his friggin' mind!" I exclaimed as I ran to the chair by my bed and grabbed my pants up.
I hurriedly shoved my feet into the pant legs and yanked them up.
"Boots... boots... where are my boots...?" I chanted as I tucked my nightgown into my pants and searched frantically for my wayward shoes.
"Aha!" I shoute
d when I finally spotted them.
I tugged those suckers on quickly and jumped back up.
Boots on, I rushed down the hall and hurried to the stairs.
I knew Mr. Clem, my neighbor, had been getting up in years, but I'd never believed any of the rumors people said about him.
Just isn’t somethin’ right about that fella…. Crazy, if you ask me… A few screws loose,
they’d say.
Impossible,
I'd always thought,
not Mr. Clem.
And I really don't th
ink he's crazy, at least…
I
didn’t
think he was...
Never done anything to make me think so before.
...N
ow though... I'm beginning to rethink things.
Maybe he really is getting senile
…
I mean, I’d never really thought so before… but I’d never seen him acting like this…
I really hope it isn’t like the other bits of gossip I’d been hearing either, I really hope not.
Not him too…. It was bad enough watching a loved one go through it… please don’t let it be happening to him too.
I worried my lip at the idea, my teeth biting at my lower lip nervously as I moved swiftly.
I let out a
harsh, frustrated breath, swallowing hard.
Relax, Lil, just go see what’s up… maybe it’s not like you really thought…
This is Mr. Clem, here, after all.
Never mind what nosy old Nora Finch thinks.
I know he's getting up there in years, but he's never done anything to make me think he has Alzheimer’s and or dementia, regardless of what anyone else thinks or says.
I glanced out the window on my way,
spotting Mr. Clem studiously working away, oblivious to everything around him but his main focus.
Whatever that is
exactly...
I grimaced, my heart panging a little at the sight,
unable to deny what was painfully obvious, right there in front of me.
Not one to put my head in the sand, I straightened my spine and firmed up.
If anything... I have to admit now that tonight has opened my eyes.
My hands involuntarily clenched and I squeezed my eyes shut for a second, but wouldn’t allow myself
anything more.
Oh, I hope I'm wrong. I really do.
I ran my hand down my face tiredly, not quite ready to go outside.
“Ugh!” I huffed at myself disgustedly, a bit of a jumble at the moment.
What is he doing outside with electronics and metal spikes in the middle of a lightning and thunder storm, Lil? Doesn't sound normal, now does it?
Who knows… m
aybe he's plum crazy like Mrs. Johnston insists.
I can't just stand here and debate this
, now can I?
Either way
, he needs some help, so get to it, Lil! Help him!
“
He needs me,” I whispered vehemently as I resolved myself.
I grabbed my trench coat off the hook by the door and slipped it on,
making sure my long chocolate brown braid was tucked into it.
I spotted Daddy's cowboy hat next to the hook my coat was on and I
quickly ran my fingers over it lovingly.
A lump formed in my throat as I thought of Daddy
.
I went to walk past, thought better of it
and grabbed the hat up, shoving it on my head.
I took a deep breath and prayed that Mr. Clem didn't hav
e to suffer the same fate as him.
I don't wish that on anyone,
I thought sadly, remembering Daddy towards the end, unable to push those thoughts aside.
The door shut behind me and a second later the screen
door slammed loudly behind me, echoing into the night.
I determinedly made my way across the yard, trying to think up any kind of excuse that might explain away an old man in his pajamas and bathrobe, walking around in
this
kind of weather so late at night, playing with metal spikes and all kinds of electronic doodads lined up in a circle.
I got nothing.
My heart saddened as I got ever closer to the retired engineer.
I'd always thought of old Mr. Clem as a surrogate uncle and he's always seemed fine to me.
He'd never done anything before, until tonight, to make me think otherwise.
I see him around all the time and he's never sounded unreasonably angry, confused, forgetful or any of the millions of things that would make me think something was up.
And he’s
certainly
never done anything to make me think he’s gone loco.
I stopped a few feet away from him and closed my eyes to take a deep, cleansing breath.
I opened my eyes again and marched towards him.
He hadn't noticed me yet and I took that as an advantage and studied him.
Mr. Clem was working like a mad man, muttering and cursing loudly as he finished his ring of spikes, talking to himself out loud.
I glanced at the electrical cords he had running through the puddles of water, leading into his barn, where I hoped they weren't plugged in yet.
What are all of those big pieces of machinery he has around his circle? And what's the circle for?
Ohhhh, this looks so dangerous…
Hopefully I can talk him back into his house or mine and call his family to come get him and have him checked out, make sure he's alright.
"Mr. Clem?" I called
over the wind and rain whipping around.
He didn't hear me and I walked into his circle,
tapping him on the shoulder.
My tap seemed to have startled him and he jumped, tumbling on his bottom in the wet, soggy ground, just outside of the circle.
"Mr. Clem! Are you alright? Oh, I didn't mean to scare you!" I knelt down, trying to help him as he struggled to get back up.
His shoulder bumped one of his contraptions and it lit up and glowed an eerie blue. It looked like a giant laser beam or something.
Like something straight out of a science fiction movie.
I backed up, eyeing the lit up blue gun dealie, effectively stepping back into the circle.
Mr. Clem squinted up at me through his wire rimmed spectacles and looked shocked to see me.
"Lilie! What are you doing out here? It's the middle of the night and we're in the middle of a severe st
orm!" He had to shout to be heard over the storm.
"I could ask the same of you
, Mr. Clem!" I yelled back, "What on earth are you doing out here?"
"I've made a major break
through, my dear! I've finally figured it out!" he yelled excitedly, his slippers making wet squishing noises as he hurried to another one of his laser beam looking doo hickies and flipped a switch on it.
This one lit up green.
"Now come out of the center, dear, I don't want you accidentally getting sucked into a black hole or anything if my calculations are wrong or my theory is a bust. Heaven only knows where it could send you! Least of all another dimension!" His voice ended on a chuckle, unaware of my jaw dropping as I started to openly gape at him.
Uhmmmm… whuh?
"What?" I asked, wide eyed.
He had a fanatical look in his eyes as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation
.