Chapter 4

Jane O'Conner stood at the cooker, her mind was elsewhere and not on breakfast, the day she had been dreading had come, the day she had known about for years and yet one way or another wished would never come. She forced a smile as the two children she had raised for eighteen years walked in, for twins they were totally different from each other, one was calm and would take time in doing things and the other was impulsive and could not wait for anything. Jane turned to see the two sitting down at the table.

As she put out the plates she wished things could be different, she had known about the day for so long and yet she always thought it would not come, but she knew somewhere that it was for the good of mankind, at least that is what she told herself to control the pain. Lee looked at his watch it was eight O'clock on the dot, he looked at Alex and said

"hey do you think we might be invloved in any of the work today?"

Alex looked at him, she shrugged her shoulders "I don't know, I'm not really bothered, they might let you but I'm not interested".

Lee rolled his eyes, he hated the fact that Alex was so bright and yet she didn't take an interest in their Dad's work, Lee turned to his Mother "are you coming with us today?"

Jane looked at Lee, his eyes were full of spirit, she smiled a nervous smile, thankfully not picked up by him

"I don't know.....it depends when I finish work".

Alex opened the fridge and pulled out a can of diet coke, she clicked open the can and took a mouthful, she put the can on the table and sat down next to her brother, she picked up a playstation 2 magazine and started to flick through it. Lee looked at the can of coke and said

"how can you drink that this time of the morning, I mean coffee, yes orange, yes but coke, god you have strange ways sis"

Alex looked at him over the top of her magazine, glaring at him, "it's refreshing ok"

Lee held up his hands in defence "ok, ok fair enough".

The Leechen door opened, in walked Robert William O'Conner, his tall figure walked over to the cooker where his wife stood, he kissed her on the cheek and wished her a good morning, he then walked over and put his paper on the table, the headline at the front was not good news;

"UMBRELLA INC TERRORISED BY REBELS."

Robert looked at the headline and shook his head,

"tsk, tsk, it is getting worse, they think they are doing it for the best when in fact they are making things worse by doing this, anyway, are you two looking forward to today"

Lee, nodded, he was the only one who was looking forward to it, Alex spoke while still reading her magazine

"not bothered really"

Lee looked at his Father

"I can't wait, what will we be doing, any experiments".

His Father smiled and nodded, "I might be able to get you involved with the experiments......you don't sound very excited Alex, don't you want to come"

Alex looked at her Father over the top of her magazine, she really didn't care about Umbrella, it was pointless, her Father should be taking Lee on his own, he was the one who really wanted to go.

"I'm not really bothered about it, when have I ever cared about the work you do, I'm into my own thing and science and pharmaceuticals never came into it...but I'll come and see what it's about anyway, just don't expect me to participate, ok".

Robert nodded and said "fair enough, but if someone asks you to do something, give it a try, ok"

Alex looked at her Father

"you mean if I am asked what is the chemical equation for cola I have to answer it, I think if I ma asked any of those questions I'll nod my head and walk away....that should get the point across that I don't care"

Alex gave a sarcastic smile and returned to her magazine, Lee continued speaking to his Father about the day ahead.