When we got home in the evening, I unloaded the children from the car and they ran into the house. I heard raised voices. Then there were two shots. I ran inside and that's when I was shot by the burglar on his way out. My wife was the only one to survive.'
‘‘You came through Heartsease at the same time?’
‘Yes, that’s right,’ said Harmonie.
‘Well...err...no.’ Doctor Pax sat between the twins and held their hands. He felt they were now old enough to hear the truth. 'What I'm about to say, I've never told another person. Not even my children. It's why I'm so protective of them.'
'The night we were killed, my children went through Heartsease together. I died three hours later. I went through Heartsease to a different place and I never saw my children …show more content…
'I swore I would take the children far away from the city. I had the chance to buy this house and open a new home for children. I worked night and day until I qualified at Heartsease. Matron joined me and helped to raise my two children. She has been here ever since.’
'Where you have been, Haig? I never heard a car last night.'
'I’ve just finished my Masters at university.'
'Aren’t you too young?' 'I still don’t know where he got it from,' confessed Doctor Pax. 'I taught him until he was fifteen, but he wanted to learn more.’
'What did you study?'
'Nothing exciting. Space-time, relativity, paradoxes, that sort of thing.'
'All at seventeen years old?' Mosaic almost choked but recovered in time.
'I submitted my final papers yesterday.'
'And just in time,’ said Doctor Pax. ‘I asked Haig to come home and help us out with the time-rift.’ He stretched over and reached inside a drawer. He picked out a long oblong box and passed it across to Mosaic. ‘This is for you.’
Mosaic held the box in his hands. He opened the lid, and there inside lay a watch on a bed of deep-blue velvet.
Doctor Pax saw the young man pick out the watch and handle it with care. ‘I’ve got one the same. So do Harmonie, Haig and Mole. You’ll find it’s not an ordinary watch, but it will allow you to use something truly special.’
‘What’s that?’ Mosaic whispered.
‘The
‘‘You came through Heartsease at the same time?’
‘Yes, that’s right,’ said Harmonie.
‘Well...err...no.’ Doctor Pax sat between the twins and held their hands. He felt they were now old enough to hear the truth. 'What I'm about to say, I've never told another person. Not even my children. It's why I'm so protective of them.'
'The night we were killed, my children went through Heartsease together. I died three hours later. I went through Heartsease to a different place and I never saw my children …show more content…
'I swore I would take the children far away from the city. I had the chance to buy this house and open a new home for children. I worked night and day until I qualified at Heartsease. Matron joined me and helped to raise my two children. She has been here ever since.’
'Where you have been, Haig? I never heard a car last night.'
'I’ve just finished my Masters at university.'
'Aren’t you too young?' 'I still don’t know where he got it from,' confessed Doctor Pax. 'I taught him until he was fifteen, but he wanted to learn more.’
'What did you study?'
'Nothing exciting. Space-time, relativity, paradoxes, that sort of thing.'
'All at seventeen years old?' Mosaic almost choked but recovered in time.
'I submitted my final papers yesterday.'
'And just in time,’ said Doctor Pax. ‘I asked Haig to come home and help us out with the time-rift.’ He stretched over and reached inside a drawer. He picked out a long oblong box and passed it across to Mosaic. ‘This is for you.’
Mosaic held the box in his hands. He opened the lid, and there inside lay a watch on a bed of deep-blue velvet.
Doctor Pax saw the young man pick out the watch and handle it with care. ‘I’ve got one the same. So do Harmonie, Haig and Mole. You’ll find it’s not an ordinary watch, but it will allow you to use something truly special.’
‘What’s that?’ Mosaic whispered.
‘The