From Within (26 page)
Authors: Brian Delaney
One month earlier.
The helicopter droned on as it climbed up into the mountains. Will and Lea held hands as they watched the trees pass below them. They had spent a long day waiting to hitch a ride on a flight back to California. Thomas arranged for a flight to Fresno. From there, Thomas told them they could get a helicopter ride up to their property. They were fatigued and anxious to get back to their families.
The pilot occasionally turned back to Will to make sure they were still on the right course to get to their property. Figuring the roads from the air was a new experience for Will, but he was managing. He spotted their road from the air and pointed out Lewis’s for the landing sight. Lea had told Will they had moved back to the property and then told of her experience of being taken. She wondered what her parents had thought of it.
They could see Alejandro, Juana, Beth, and Lewis come piling out of the house as the helicopter descended. Lea turned to Will with a smile growing on her face.
“I’ve been meaning to ask you,” she said. “What was it that you said to me through the mirror when you were tied up?”
Will smiled and leaned in and kissed Lea. “I love you.”
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Thank you for purchasing and reading my novel! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Please rate this title from your favorite retailer and any other website or app you use to keep track of books you’ve read.
The idea for this book was born several years before publishing. I had dreamt of writing a book starting sometime in college. I have no idea where that desire came from. My degree and the field I work in is aviation. I heard a quote once that everyone has at least one book in them in their lifetime. I don’t recall who to credit for that.
I took that quote seriously and began writing ‘From Within’ in the Fall of 2013. I wrote on and off for a few years. I had outlined my whole story, it was just a matter of getting it all down on paper (computer in the modern world). In early 2016, I decided to change directions slightly. I removed a few chapters and re-outlined the last half of the book. After removing the chapters, I was back down to about thirty pages. It was a bit depressing and discouraging, but now with a new goal at hand, I took to action. I completed writing by mid-July of the same year.
Again, I hope you enjoyed this adventure of a story. I currently have about a dozen or so other ideas in the works and seem to add more all of the time. Most are still rough ideas, but some are outlined and I’ve started a couple of them. I plan to keep up my new rate of writing and hopefully will be able to publish at least one book a year for you all to enjoy.
Thanks Again,
Brian Delaney
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