The merman, my man novel Chapter 150

The Merman, My Man by Black Velvet Chapter 150

I tensed up when I realized those were Gary’s and Laura’s voices.

I shrunk myself under the shade of the tree with my back plastered against its trunk. I spied on them through the corner of my eye and saw that they were next to some stone pillars less than ten meters away. If they came closer to where I was, they would have heard the sound of my reggae breathing as well as my suppressed moans.

I could only clamp my hand onto my mouth and nose tightly and not move as I listened to my own loud and rapid heartbeat. I couldn’t help but tremble as I wished they wouldn’t notice my presence.

“I have a feeling she’s nearby,“ said Gary.

He looked around and swept the beam of his flashlight around the tall grass. He was headed in my direction, so I shrunk my body further and hid behind the tree trunk. My heart felt like it had jumped up to my throat when he took notice of the tree I was behind. Thankfully, at that moment, Laura called for him.

“Stop the search, Gary. It’s getting in the way of proper business. We need to head to the shore soon to welcome the other doctors. Don’t worry about Linda. By the day after tomorrow, these islands will be under military control, and no one will be able to escape. Are you still worried that you won’t be able to find her?”

Laura said that nonchalantly but it was a grave matter to me. The ships and helicopters were on Laura’s side, and they were the military. ‘Which country are they from? What on earth do they want from these islands inhabited by merpeople?’

Gary was silent for a while before he spoke to Laura, ”Colonel Laura, you can vanquish anyone you wish when they get here, but I hope you’ll leave Linda to me. She’s still so young, and she’s a genius in biological studies. There is value to keeping her around. Don’t you want to build a research base here? She will be of use to us then.”

‘What? A research base? Laura wants to occupy these islands and build a research base? What do they intend to research? Merpeople? Why do they need the military to be involved in this? Unless they want to use the research product to manufacture weapons.’