Chapter 58. Into the abyss
Adam Trundle isn’t the first person to seemingly disappear without a trace. History is fraught with examples of inexplicable disappearances that are accepted for no other reason than that there is no answer. Or more so, that there are too many possible answers and not enough evidence to support the logical theories of murder, abduction or the simple fact that someone just didn’t want to face life any more and decided to hide away from it instead. Is it possible therefore that when the universe cannot find a logical way to dispose of a counterpart when his opposite number dies, it simply sucks them into the abyss or some alternative existence? This is the question that Steve Towerbridge vowed to get to the bottom of in memory of his friend the Prime Minister, of Eduardo, of Lionel Martinez, of Andrea Fuentes and in what he assumed was the memory of Adam Trundle. This would be the next stage of the counterpart project. Whether to take the project public or to keep it under stress-inducing lock key would be another decision Steve would have to make. All in good time though.
First, he had one phone call that just couldn’t wait….
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