I'll Be Seeing You Through Time (The Dimension Keepers) by Jennifer Conner Page A

November 26, 1942. He couldn’t quite believe it worked.
    “I need to find Glenn’s fiancée and bring her back. You need to come with me.”
    Clayton shot him a look. “Why do I need to come with you?”
    “If you leave...”
    “You think that I would leave you here?”
    “Would you?”
    “The bookstore will not move; it’s time is slow. It will wait for us. I’ll be here. I’m not as much of a ‘prig’ as you believe me to be.”
    Hadley paused. “I have your word?”
    “Yes. Now stop wasting time. Go.”

    Hadley realized that he’d started to fit into the modern world he now lived in. He missed the GPS in his cell phone, because right now, he had no idea where the hell he was. He was fortunate that the bookstore deposited them in San Francisco or it would have added more hours of travel onto the precious time he had. After getting lost several times, he decided to flag down a taxi. .
    First, he checked the air base, but according to their information, Jewel was on leave.
    In the back seat of the taxi, Hadley rolled the window down a few inches. The strong smell of tobacco clung to the interior of the car as the cabbie lit another cigarette. Funny, now that he lived in an era where hardly anyone smoked, the smell nauseated him.
    “How much longer?” Hadley asked as he strummed his fingers on the door sill and tried to calm his stomach.
    The cabbie’s eyes flicked up to the rear view mirror. “A few minutes. Why, is it the end of the world if we’re not there on time?”
    Hadley didn’t answer. Instead, he watched the scenery glide by. Glenn was right. San Francisco hadn’t changed much. Sure, the people wore different clothes and the cars were larger, but many of the buildings from this era still stood seventy years in the future.
    The cabbie pulled off the road and turned in his seat. He pushed his weather cap back on his large, balding forehead. “That’ll be forty-two cents.”
    Hadley stared at him for a second. “Bollocks…” he swore under his breath. He’d been in such a rush, he hadn’t remembered to take any money. He thought he’d be traveling with Glenn. Glenn had the hundred dollars in cash Samantha gave them at the house.”
    The cabbie rolled his eyes. “Great… another deadbeat. Just what I need today. I got a family to feed, mister.”
    Hadley’s mind raced. Then it came to him. “My cufflinks are gold.” He fumbled with the screws until the right one dropped into his palm. “Solid gold… and antique.”
    The man frowned. “How do I know you ain’t givin’ me a line and that they’re real?”
    Hadley handed it to the man. “Look at it. If you have a brain you can tell it’s gold.”
    The cabbie examined it, and then finally said, “Okay.”
    “I’ll give you that link. It must be worth twenty times the cab fare. If you wait and return me to where the fare started you will get the other cufflink for payment. You have my word.”
    The man blew out a snort. “A man’s word ain’t worth nothing these days.”
    “I come from a place where it is.”
    When the man nodded, Hadley stepped from the cab and trotted out into the park. It was still early in the morning and because of the fog few people milled around. If Jewel wasn’t here, how would he ever find her? The damp, cold droplets of mist clung to his coat and hair.
    A glimpse of orange caught his eye. Red hair. He slowly approached the woman. “Jewel?” he asked as he drew closer. When she turned, relief filled him.
    “How… who are you?” She fumbled the bottle of pills in her hand, dropped them, and then bent to pick them up.
    “I’ve been sent to find you.” He stopped for a second to choose his words. “Glenn left something for you, and it’s very important that you receive it.”
    “Glenn?” Her face darkened as she twisted the gold band on her finger. “I’m not sure what he could have left to give me. He’s dead.”
    “No… I mean yes, I know. But I’m a friend.”
    “So where is