The Avenger 30 - Black Chariots
“Jennifer was at the window of her second-floor room, idly watching the resort swimming pool below. A sun-baked old man climbed up the ladder at the shallow end, shivered into a white robe, and went paddling off across the sea-blue tiles. The entire pool area was empty now, the dozen round white tables unoccupied.
The girl was thinking about the conversation she’d just had with Smitty. “Justice, Inc.,” she said to herself. “They might be able to help me. Yes, especially the Avenger. I’ve hea...rd—”
Then she saw her uncle.
He came walking down a pathway lined with palm trees. He walked along the side of the pool, with that loping gait of his.
“Uncle Val!” she cried.
The tall, tanned man did not turn, didn’t look up when she hailed him from her open window.
Jennifer leaned further out, calling again. “Uncle Val, up here!”
He passed the pool and turned down another pathway.MoreLess
The girl was thinking about the conversation she’d just had with Smitty. “Justice, Inc.,” she said to herself. “They might be able to help me. Yes, especially the Avenger. I’ve hea...rd—”
Then she saw her uncle.
He came walking down a pathway lined with palm trees. He walked along the side of the pool, with that loping gait of his.
“Uncle Val!” she cried.
The tall, tanned man did not turn, didn’t look up when she hailed him from her open window.
Jennifer leaned further out, calling again. “Uncle Val, up here!”
He passed the pool and turned down another pathway.MoreLess
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