The Sword of Goliath (Chapter 16)

Posted by Tessa from 138.87.169.47 on June 28, 1999 at 09:02:37:

Chapter 16
Lauren awoke in her tent a while later. She felt a throbbing pain on the back of her head and tried to touch it but noticed her hands handcuffed to the cot. She looked in disbelief and heard,
“Miss Jones, so glad you’re up.”
Lauren saw Donovan standing at the entrance to tent. She groaned and asked, “What do you want?”
“Tell me, how does a girl like you get into some much trouble?”
“Must be my upbringing,” she muttered.
Donovan smiled and sat next to the cot. He stroked her hair and said, “Your mother must have been a beautiful woman.”
“She was as well as smart and intelligent.”
“But you’re too much of a troublemaker.”
“Is that why you handcuffed me?”
“It was for your own good,” he said as he got up, “If you behave, maybe I’ll let you go.”
Donovan left as Lauren snarled and tried to figure out how to get out when a guard brought in her father in handcuffs. Indy noticed his daughter up and asked,
“Are you ok?”
“I’ve been better,” as she struggled with her bonds.
The guard came in to handcuff Indy to his cot. The guard left as Indy looked at her and said,
“Are you sure?”
“I’d be better to get out of here.”
Indy smiled and Lauren asked, “What does Donovan have against you?”
“Nothing much, I just killed his father.”
“What?”’ her eyebrows jumped.
“Not deliberately, Lauren. It happened before I met and married your mother.”
“What happened?”
“He drank from a false Grail and died.”
Lauren looked at him and said, “Did you try to stop it?”
“No,” he said weakly, “He almost killed your grandfather, Laurie.”
Lauren looked at him and said,“You haven’t called me that in years.”
Indy smiled fondly and said, “I know.”
Lauren was quiet for a minute as Indy asked, “Why do you hate me?”
Lauren looked at him and said, “What?”
“You heard me,” sternly.
“You never were around, Henry,” she replied, “while I was growing up.”
“I was around.”
“No, you weren’t,” she accused.
“You know I travel, Lauren.”
“That doesn’t count,” glaring at him.
Indy sighed and said, “You kids and your mother are very important to me.”
Lauren stared at him in disbelief and Indy said, “I loved your mother. When she came into my life, I was finally happy. And then Eric and Michael were born and then you.”
“How come you didn’t take us with you?”
“I didn’t want to risk your lives. I almost lost your mother four times until last year.”
“Four times?”
“Your mother and I broke off our relationship after we graduated from school. Then we met after a long time, got engaged and married in India, where she was almost killed by a mobster, and then the time is Egypt…” he faded off.
“That’s three. What was the fourth one?” she demanded.
He looked at her and said softly, “The day you born.”

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: Chapter 16
: Lauren awoke in her tent a while later. She felt a throbbing pain on the back of her head and tried to touch it but noticed her hands handcuffed to the cot. She looked in disbelief and heard,
: “Miss Jones, so glad you’re up.”
: Lauren saw Donovan standing at the entrance to tent. She groaned and asked, “What do you want?”
: “Tell me, how does a girl like you get into some much trouble?”
: “Must be my upbringing,” she muttered.
: Donovan smiled and sat next to the cot. He stroked her hair and said, “Your mother must have been a beautiful woman.”
: “She was as well as smart and intelligent.”
: “But you’re too much of a troublemaker.”
: “Is that why you handcuffed me?”
: “It was for your own good,” he said as he got up, “If you behave, maybe I’ll let you go.”
: Donovan left as Lauren snarled and tried to figure out how to get out when a guard brought in her father in handcuffs. Indy noticed his daughter up and asked,
: “Are you ok?”
: “I’ve been better,” as she struggled with her bonds.
: The guard came in to handcuff Indy to his cot. The guard left as Indy looked at her and said,
: “Are you sure?”
: “I’d be better to get out of here.”
: Indy smiled and Lauren asked, “What does Donovan have against you?”
: “Nothing much, I just killed his father.”
: “What?”’ her eyebrows jumped.
: “Not deliberately, Lauren. It happened before I met and married your mother.”
: “What happened?”
: “He drank from a false Grail and died.”
: Lauren looked at him and said, “Did you try to stop it?”
: “No,” he said weakly, “He almost killed your grandfather, Laurie.”
: Lauren looked at him and said,“You haven’t called me that in years.”
: Indy smiled fondly and said, “I know.”
: Lauren was quiet for a minute as Indy asked, “Why do you hate me?”
: Lauren looked at him and said, “What?”
: “You heard me,” sternly.
: “You never were around, Henry,” she replied, “while I was growing up.”
: “I was around.”
: “No, you weren’t,” she accused.
: “You know I travel, Lauren.”
: “That doesn’t count,” glaring at him.
: Indy sighed and said, “You kids and your mother are very important to me.”
: Lauren stared at him in disbelief and Indy said, “I loved your mother. When she came into my life, I was finally happy. And then Eric and Michael were born and then you.”
: “How come you didn’t take us with you?”
: “I didn’t want to risk your lives. I almost lost your mother four times until last year.”
: “Four times?”
: “Your mother and I broke off our relationship after we graduated from school. Then we met after a long time, got engaged and married in India, where she was almost killed by a mobster, and then the time is Egypt…” he faded off.
: “That’s three. What was the fourth one?” she demanded.
: He looked at her and said softly, “The day you born.”

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