Silver Bullet

Episode 3

12:30am

GALILEO GALILEI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PISA, ROME

“Promise me you’ll be back soon”, Emily said looking
into the eye of her fiance, Derek while still holding him
around the neck.
“I cross my heart, trust me on that one”, he said in his
rich baritone.
The two lovebirds were oblivious of the sights and sound
of the airport and Derek would have lost his flight if not
for a shove he got from a woman in her mid-fifties trying
to get to the plane on time. She cursed in Italian and
went on without saying as much as a “Sorry”.
Emily Bradley had come to the Vatican City on the
special assignment of covering the Holy Saturday and
Easter celebrations which, as she was told, was a very
important celebration in life of Catholics which account
for 95% of the world’s population. Actually, the Vatican
had invited the CNN, two days before then. The
celebration is called Triduum which means three days of
the Catholics’ celebration but she was behind schedule
due to some complexities. She had looked forward to
having an entirely new experience in the world’s smallest
country.
Derek Oscar, her fiance, is the Chief Supervising Officer
of G.S. Tech. Corp., Abu Dhabi Dubai. He had
accompanied her from Nigeria, her home country in
Africa to the Vatican but unfortunately he had been
called to give a lecture to the Robotic & Artificial
Intelligence Department of Massachussetts Institute of
Technology and supervise their exhibit. He just had to be
there.
“You look worried, Emily. You’re not telling me
something”, he said, holding her cheeks.
“No, it’s nothing. I think it’s just stress”, she said looking
away.
“If there’s a problem, just let me know. Okay?”
“Alright”, she said, a bit relieved. She just don’t want to
let him worry over her family problems, not just yet.
“I’ll be going now, bye”.
“Don’t forget, I bought tickets for an EXPO that would be
held in Nigeria tomorrow; don’t make me regret”, she
said after him as he headed for the plane, clutching the
handle of his briefcase.
“Trust me, I won’t!”, he hollered back and began
mounting the steps of the Boeing 777 passenger plane.
She felt lonely and stressed as the plane prepared to
take off. They had come in from Nigeria just the
previous night and she would still have to report to the
Vatican City before calling for her crew. She really
needed to rest so as to brace herself up for the day, but
first she had to call her boss.
She walked light headed back to her Hyundai Sonata
hybrid parked a few metres away and headed for the
hotel she lodged in so as to grab a short nap before
heading to the Vatican City.

TBC.