Discovery (Science of Psionics Book #1) by Dave Renol Read Free Book Online

that you got knocked up. So whatever the big
announcement is going to be, don’t drag it out too long before
spilling it.”
    “You’ll be the first to know,” I said with a
wink.
    We made small talk for a while, catching each
other up on current news, and then decided it was time to get the
others up and have some breakfast. I simply turned the bedroom
light on as I passed by on the way to my shower. Mark could never
easily sleep with the light on, so I was confident that he would be
up by the time I was finished.
    Toweling my hair dry, I stepped past Mark who
had just finished shaving and gave him a peck on the cheek on my
way out of the bathroom. Once dressed, I headed to the kitchen to
get started on breakfast for us all. As everyone else finished
getting ready, they slowly trickled into the kitchen to lend a
hand. With all of the extra help, breakfast came together
surprisingly fast and we were soon sitting around the table
devouring our feast.
    Finished, Sara and I both volunteered to do
the cleanup so the boys could head out to the golf course where
they had a morning tee time booked. We didn’t mind, knowing that
the boys would take their turn cleaning up after dinner. Waving
goodbye to the guys, we made short work of the cleanup and settled
down back outside on a couple of lounge chairs. I tried to keep our
conversation generic, but had to evade tricky little questions
periodically as Sara tried to pump me for information. I smiled at
her attempts. She was good, but all I had to do was to keep
ignoring them and continue on with inane chatter.
    Shortly past noon we went inside to change.
We planned to meet the boys after their golf round for lunch at the
clubhouse. They were still out on the course when we arrived, so we
grabbed a couple of drinks from the lounge and picked a table
outside. Shortly thereafter we saw them heading our way, talking
animatedly about their game.
    Mark and Sid sat down with us after giving us
our respective hello kisses, while Carl detoured to the bar to grab
a round of drinks. The loser after eighteen holes always had to buy
the first round of drinks at the nineteenth hole .
    Returning, Carl passed out the drinks and
said, “You should have seen Mark today. I swear he has horseshoes
up his butt.”
    “Yeah,” Sid agreed, “Every time he sliced
into the woods, he managed to get a lucky bounce back to the
fairway. Not to mention the fact that his putter was on fire today.
He totally kicked our asses.”
    I threw a sharp glance up at Mark, who looked
back at me for only a split second before turning his eyes down
guiltily. “ The little bugger ,” I thought to myself. “ He
cheated and used his new ability! ” They chatted amiably about
highlights from their game until our table was ready in the dining
room and we moved inside. After a nice lunch, we all headed back to
the house. Mark and the boys went to take a quick shower while Sara
and I went to change into bathing suits. We had planned to relax in
the hot tub so the boys could soak their muscles out from their
morning outing.
    I made a pitcher of iced tea, another of
lemonade, and brought them both out to the tub where Sara was
already soaking. I slipped into the water across from her, sighing
as the hot water started to relax my own tense muscles. I was
nervous about the big reveal tonight and had to curb my impatience,
wishing that it was over already.
    As we all chatted and gossiped, I noticed
that Sid kept prodding at Mark in the same manner as Sara had done
with me earlier, trying to get a hint about our big announcement. I
felt that Mark was a bit better at his evasions than I was. Carl
kept mostly silent, but paid careful attention, hoping to garner a
clue of his own.
    When we had all felt sufficiently soaked, we
gravitated over to the patio table to let the afternoon sun dry us
out. After about an hour, the sun had left us in shadow and we
decided to move inside for a while. Mark went into the kitchen to
get some