Personal Log 92: 25th - 31st January, 3302 (Part Three)
08 Oct 2016Jemine Caesar
25th - 31st January, 3302 (Part Three) As soon as Sam was discharged from the medicentre on January 29, replacement heart and all, I told him what I had learned about Wy.
"Her real name was Wendy Young. She's on John Graham's harem list, look!"
I brought up the details on my dataslate; Wendy Young had met John, who was then calling himself Ste, in the LHS 3356 system back in 3287. Wendy had given birth to his son, Reese, on 16 August 3288. Reese died on 1 August 3298, of NTUP.
"Well, 'waSTEd beLIEf' was a revenge song, all right," I said. "There's even a clue with the capital letters in the title; STE LIE."
Sam nodded, and said, "It was nothing short of a blatant, albeit cryptic, cry for help. And to think only a few months ago she was involved in the "nO mOrE" campaign for the NTUP Foundation, and nobody really knew why. Come on, let's go for a drink. Non-alcoholic for me, of course!"
We were soon standing at the bar counter of the George, listening to Sam's grandfather, Alf, complaining about the malfunctioning heating systems. A nearby customer joined in the conversation.
"There's been all sorts of glitches on Miller lately," he said. "All started with that accident in the air scrubber on New Year's Day. Since then it's been one thing after another. Still, at least there's been no more deaths."
I put down my glass, "Deaths?" I asked. The man nodded.
"Yeah, an operative in the sanitation department. In the wrong place at the wrong time when the scrubber blew." Sam's face started to turn pale.
"I don't feel well," he said.
"Come on, Sam," I urged. "Let's get you back to the apartment. You need to rest."
Back in our room, Sam lay on the bed. I picked up my dataslate, and tapped in a link to 'Miller's Tales', one of the starport's current affairs magazines.
"Sam," I said. "there's a report here on that accident in the air scrubber. Some sort of explosion... OH!"
Sam raised his head. "What is it, Jem?"
I sat on the edge of the bed, my legs suddenly having begun to tremble.
"Sam, the operative who died in the blast... it was Cassandra Lee. The first girl in John Graham's harem!"