REVELATION: Book One of THE RECARN CHRONICLES Read Online Free

people who claim to have lived a past life or lives and
interviewing them, trying to corroborate their stories by checking
them against old records where available. These are not strictly
speaking experiments and, at best, provide anecdotal evidence. They
don’t really prove a thing and I know how you scientists like to
have conclusive proof. Is your car near here?”
    “Um…yes. It’s parked near
the museum.”
    Aaron took the banana and
apple from the sandwich box. Out of politeness, he offered the
stranger one of the fruits, all the while hoping that he’d
refuse.
    “Would you like
one?”
    “No thanks
Aaron.”
    “Look, you know my name but
I don’t know yours. Who are you?”
    “It’s not necessary that you
know my name yet.”
    “If I’m going to be working
with you, I need to know your name.”
    “I didn’t say we’d be
working together Aaron, I simply said that I’d provide conclusive
proof of the existence of reincarnation…but, if it makes you feel
better, you can call me Jake. Jake Griffiths.”
    “OK Jake. Should I be
pleased to meet you?”
    “Oh, you should be very,
very pleased to have met me, Aaron. Now, I have a few questions for
you. They may seem a little strange but I do need to ask them so
that I can feel happy with providing you with the
truth.”
    “I don’t see why you need to
ask me some questions. Is it to prove that I’m worthy of receiving
this proof?”
    “Nothing so profound, my
friend, nothing so profound. Just a few basic questions. Four
actually. Although the second question is solely for confirmation
purposes. Question one. Do you have any plans to abandon your
research in the future?”
    “No.”
    “How old are
you?”
    “Not that it’s any of your
business, but… I’m thirty-five.”
    “Are you in good health? Do
you have regular health checkups?”
    “Again, not that it’s any of
your business, but… yes, I’m in good health and yes, and I have
regular checkups.”
    “Thank you
Aaron.”
    “Is that it?”
    “Yes, just those three
questions.”
    “You said you had four
questions.”
    “Did I? Never
mind.”
    “Why did you ask me these
things?”
    “Just so that I could be
sure that you weren’t intending to abandon your research any time
soon, or that you were in danger of dying soon.”
    “So now what?”
    Jake gestured to his jacket
pocket where a bulge could definitely be seen.
    “In my jacket pocket I have
a 9mm pistol trained on you. All you have to do is do as I say and
nobody will get hurt.”
    Now Aaron was worried. He’d
noticed the bulge but had assumed it was something perfectly
harmless like a book or something.
    “How do I know you’re not
lying to me?”
    “About what? The proof or
the gun?”
    “Both.”
    The stranger looked around
to check that nobody was watching and drew a 9mm pistol halfway out
of its hiding place, so that Aaron could see it. He quickly put it
back in his pocket.
    “The proof you’ll get
later.”
    “What’s the gun
for?”
    “Just to make sure that
you’ll come with me.”
    Aaron had no specific plans
for the afternoon so he made an obvious decision to cooperate. Jake
put on a pair of gloves, all the time being careful to keep the gun
trained on the scientist.
    “So what’s happening to my
colleagues?”
    “Exactly the same thing as
is happening here. Right… I think we’re ready now. Let’s go and
fetch your car.”
    Aaron put the lid on his
sandwich box, securing it with a thick elastic band. The yoghurt
would have to wait. Even though Aaron was no longer simply having
an unusual conversation with a stranger about his work, he tried to
remain reasonably calm and confident that he’d still be around to
eat his yoghurt later. He dropped the box into his backpack,
tightened the drawstring, and stood up. The stranger picked up a
slim briefcase that he had placed on the bench when he stopped to
talk to Aaron and together they walked towards his car, which was
parked a little further along the