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Chapter XXXII – Empire State of Mind – Dive
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When she got to a depth of about 60 feet, she saw the opening to the cave. The lights strapped to her head and her wrists were enough to illuminate the entrance. Just as what had been noted in Philip’s papers that Jancis had given to her, and that she’d decoded, there were metal bars guarding the entrance. Bette knew that the metal bars were also rigged with security precautions, which were powered by a set of solar panels that had been installed in a clearing in the rock island, hidden from view by surrounding rocks. They were effective in warding off sea creatures that had wandered too close to the cave, and also carried a powerful charge that would electrocute anyone who touched the metal.
She swam to the control panel on the side and pressed the sequence of numbers that she’d decoded. This would power down the security precautions, and allow her to unlock the series of locks that had been buried in the rocks of the mouth of the cave.
After unlocking the locks, she nudged what she guessed would be handles to the metal gates, and was surprised that the metal gates swung open easily.
5 feet from the cave’s entrance she saw the outer edge of one of the steel containers that housed the gold. She’d read that Philip had commissioned the containers from a maker in Germany, so that it would both be light but strong enough to resist salt water, using the type of steel that had been used to build a class of submarines in that country. It was supposed to have higher corrosion resistance than normal stainless steel.
She swam further in to punch another code to release the locks to metal rods that anchored the containers to the walls of the cave. She’d remembered the specifications of the steel containers, but now that she was face to face with them, she realized that she and Tom would need to think of another way to bring the gold in all of these containers to the surface.
She decided to swim over each of the containers to check on what else she needed to take note of – for a task like this, no detail was too small.
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‘It could turn out to be a fatal mistake’ is the intriguing tempting sentence and then 21 pages later we’re still wondering!
Great Story over it’s many twists and turns and another great chapter. Thank you looking forward to 33.
Indeed still wondering about that sentence.
It is a very good and intriguing story, so many happens and it keeps you captivated to the end.
I like all appreciate the beauty of Brete, I like Tom drooling over Bette, Tina presume I like his love Bette, please keep writing and indulging with your stories, thank you very much!
I bet those fishing shops have nice little pointy knives…the kind you can strap to….well – where ever you can hide one ! The girls have to win ! Mr Green with the lead pipe in the library ! Get that snake off her path !
Love your story and look forward to every twist! I don’t even try to guess where you’re going, but just hang on for the bumpy ride. I’m probably in the minority, but I can’t stomach Tom! He is so inappropriate and disrespectful. A peeping Tom that doesn’t bother to hide in the bushes. At least Ashley called him out on his behavior. Cannot imagine Tina allowing him to be their donor and Bette allowing him to continually ogle her. Don’t imagine Bette would tolerate Miller acting that way towards Tina. Can’t wait for the next chapter.
Hi, am glad you are enjoying the story, and thanks for telling me what you think. Several thoughts in response: 1) the Bette in this storyline is an inveterate flirt, something that Tina has had problems with from the start ( see early chapters in “Let It Happen” and a few chapters in “Love Soul Heaven Hell), yet she believes she’s in control of it… we’ll see; 2) all the same, she is insanely devoted to Tina; 3) and Tina feels the same. But still, there was a point when they were questioning their expectations about the other (in their own ways; in “Let It Happen”). I have to say I once wrote out a couple of chapters that threw into that (crazy) mix an issue, sexual fluidity, that seems highly relevant to people. Or maybe fluidity expressed in various ways — one chapter that was going into “Let It Happen” after they broke up, and another for “Love Soul Heaven Hell” after the chapter on cheating), that explored those issues in an interlocking way. The chapters were interesting, and took the storyline in unexpected directions, but they each didn’t fit into the flow of the books, so I ended up shelving them. I may pick up on them again, because I think the topic is… well, topical!
In the meantime, I hope Tom doesn’t turn you completely off the rest of the story. (Maybe you can give him a break … don’t we all have those male friends who we know we won’t end up dating but like playing with, anyway?) :-) hope you enjoy the rest of the ride.
ok, from the fishing shop Miller gets a box cutter to be detected by Green’s detector which gives him a feeling of being clever. She also gets 2 or 3 large plastic cable ties, makes great restraints, some plastic fishing line that can be wrapped around the neck, easy and a lot of praying! Excellent chapter. Keep going!!!! PLEASE.
I do not like all this charm
Tom play Bette, ok! He and his friend
only he does not bother to hide
Tina how much he deseha his wife.
Changing the subject I like the pace
you put this story, we give many
decorer details about the narrative.
Waiting new chapter.
10 Stars.