I am horrible, really. I deserve to be hated. I can't believe I've made you wait so long. And on top of that I'm making you lose even more time reading this stupid author note.

Chapter 11

Chad slightly opened the window looking out into the front of the house from his room.

He could hear the gravel under the car tires as they neared.

They weren't visible yet but Chad didn't need to see them.

He knew the cars would have Colville Police Department across them.

It was the second time they came this month.

They were getting a bit too suspicious for Chad's peace of mind.

He would have to do something, anything to get them off his back.

Two cruisers appeared out of the curve as they slowly came up the dirt road.

He started his way downstairs, not in a hurry but not slowly.

It couldn't be out of place.

It had to be perfect.

The doors of the cars were thrown closed almost at the same time.

Chad crossed the dining room.

The two policemen's feet moved the gravel under their feet as they made their way to the front of the house.

Chad crossed the kitchen.

The bell rang.

Chad waited a few seconds then started walking towards the door to make it seem as if he hadn't even noticed them coming until he heard the doorbell.

He kept his glasses on as if to give the impression he had been merely reading at his library and not making a government illegal time machine under the house locked safely away by several tricky hidden doors and passageways.

"Good afternoon, officers" Chad said as he opened the door and gave them his most innocent smile taking his glasses off with the action.

Both officers looked at each other as they fixed their heavy belts as they often did when they were about to do something very police-like.

They both nodded at each other at the same time as if on cue.

The one standing closer to Chad said:

"Chad Cooper, I'm afraid we'll have to check your house again. It seems as if you have received another order of 20 pounds of aluminum from a certain small company called Smith and Sons Metals, Inc. two days ago" he said as he read off his spreadsheet with some effort.

The guy looked about forty, maybe he needed glasses.

"Yes, that is correct" Chad said nodding friendly.

He'd gotten incredibly good at this whole business.

Well, they didn't used to call him the best actor of the his generation for nothing.

"We have a search warrant to check the house" the cop said as if to prevent any confrontation.

"That won't be necessary, Officer...?" Chad asked.

"Abbott and Jackels" Officer Abbott said as he pointed at himself first and then at his partner.

"Well, like I said, that won't be necessary. I would never stand in the way of a police investigation and you are always welcome at my home" Chad said.

It was working.

He had them eating out of the palm of his hand.

They looked at him with doubtful looks but stepped inside.

Chad moved to the side to let them pass.

"Please, if you have any questions, I will be at the library" he said as he turned away swinging his spotlessly white lab coat along with him.

He opened the door to the library and sat down in the desk with a crazily advanced genius level biology textbook he had written himself open in the middle.

They had recently accepted it at Harvard to teach it only in a few classrooms- only for the extremely gifted kids who really should be at NASA instead of studying for surgeons and such.

They weren't teaching it yet, though.

Only a couple of teachers understood it themselves and were still studying it and learning it before they were able to teach it.

What was the point of such advanced stuff being discovered if no one would be able to understand it?

Chad's eyes wandered over the page as if he were reading but he was thinking.

The small key to the secret door behind the curtains suddenly became very heavy in his pocket.

A drop of sweat rolled down Chad's forehead.

He quickly took a handkerchief out of his back pocket and wiped it away.

The last thing he could appear was nervous.

But what if they found it?

He didn't like attempting against the government but once he went back in time it would be as if he had never done it anyways.

He had to relax.

He stood up and went upstairs to see Sonny.

He opened the door and the image of her reminded him of snow white or maybe sleeping beauty as it had done many times.

Beautiful and completely still in eternal sleep only waiting for her prince's kiss, or in this case, time machine.

Her eyelashes rested peacefully on her cheeks casting a barely visible shadow.

Her lips full red looked as if about to smile but stayed as they were.

Her cheeks didn't blush when Chad walked into view as they used to.

Her long brown hair rested on her shoulders and down to her waist with a shine that only a very "sunny" person could have.

Her delicate hands rested on her stomach looking as breakable as ever.

Her eyebrows rose high over her eyes as if amused or surprised.

Chad suddenly remembered to breath.

He hadn't realized he had been holding his breath.

The sound of a vase breaking against the hard floor broke the spell and Chad went out the door and down the stairs to see if everything was ok.

Chad's alarmed face came first and then the rest of his body.

The men were standing speechless over a little pile of broken blue, white, and silver pieces of a vase that had once belonged to an Italian royal family back in the 1600's.

Chad wasn't worried.

If he went back in time it would be as if it had never been broken in the first place.

But they didn't have to know that.

"Oh my freaking god!" Chad yelled with his eyes wide with panic and his fingers grabbing at his hair.

He really was a good actor.

"OH MY FREAKING GOD! Do you have any idea how much that vase was worth? And it's not just the money! The money can be recovered but an authentic piece of art from one of the greatest sculpting masters of the Italian Renaissance? It can never ever be recovered! You guys are lucky if I don't freaking sue which I have a half-mind to! Oh God! I am so suing!" Chad said chuckling staring at the empty wall.

The officers had ran out the house the moment he had said the word "sue".

That should get them off is back for a while.

Of course he wouldn't really sue.

He had no time for that.

He would use the fear of coming back to do the finishing touches.

The cruisers could be heard driving away.

He started walking towards his library breathing a sigh of relief.

They had gotten a search warrant.

They could get it again if they wanted.

No, he had no time to lose.

He had better devote himself to his task even more if that was even possible.

The key turned and revealed the lab where the elevator was.

"Italy"

Air hissing could be heard as the elevator slinked them further in the ground.

The doors opened.

His dream was so close.

God, it was beautiful.

Author's note: So? Tell me! What did you think?