Schrödinger Dream

By JT Lawrence

Betty arrives at work slippery with sweat. She has no option but to run to her grind at Propag8 now that the taxi drivers are trying to kill her. She bought an electric car, but they keep trying to booby-trap it. Every time she puts her thumb on the ignition switch, she closes her eyes and waits for the explosion. Every time the car starts without blowing up, she knows it's just a matter of time. That she has bought one more day. That they are watching her, waiting for the perfect time to detonate her life.

Betty can't handle the daily anxiety, the red-wire-or-black-wire stomach cramps she gets, waiting to be blown to high heaven. Not that she believes in heaven. Not that she believes anything, except the voices in her head.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JT Lawrence
• Release date: Aug 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201802974

JT Lawrence

JT Lawrence is an author, playwright and bookdealer based in Parkhurst, Johannesburg. She is the mother of two small boys and lives in a house with a red front door.

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Schrödinger Dream

JT Lawrence

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Schrödinger Dream

This story is an adapted excerpt from the ‘When Tomorrow Calls’ series.

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A well-built man in grimy blue overalls waits outside the front door of a Mr Edward Blanco, number 28, Rosebank Heights. He's on a short stepladder and is pretending to fix the corridor ceiling light, the bulb of which he had unscrewed the day before. Just as he knew she would, the old lady at the end of the passage called general maintenance, the number which he has temporarily diverted to himself.

He would smirk, but he takes himself too seriously. People in his occupation are often thought of having little brain-to-brawn ratio, but in his case, it isn't true. You have to be smart to survive in this game,