Project Omega
"My name's Julia Baker. You saved my life."
"Oh,I do that kind of thing when I get the chance,"laughed the young man.
"I'm Edward West."
"Well,how can I thank you, Edward?Why don't you come in and have some coffee? I think I need a cup too,after that."
They went into the apartment.Clara brought them two cups of coffee-very good Italian coffee.
"The elevator," Julia said."it wasn't there"
"I know."
"But you were there. Was that by chance?"
Edward looked at her. She saw that he was thinking.
"Yes,"he said slowly."I think it was."
"I think they broke the elevator door."
"Yes That's clear."
"You don't think it was an accident?"
"No,I don't think so."
Julia drank the hot,sweet,black coffee.When she put the cup down,she began to cry.For the first time in her eighteen years of life,she knew she needed a friend.She knew it because she was with this young man-this young man with the clear,friendly eyes.
"it's all right,"he said."You're safe now."
"No,I'm not", Julia answered."I'm in terrible danger." And she told him the story-every part of it,from her father's disappearance to Miss Harper's telephone call.She told him about Project Omega.