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"That's interesting," Tessa replied curiously.
"I finally met my boss," Quinn added.
"No way!" Tessa shouted.
"His name's Gabriel McCabe."
"TheGabriel McCabe?" Tessa looked almost star struck.
"I don't know what that means. Is he famous?"
"Is he famous? How many altruistic billionaires do you know? He took over my study, when the powers that be threatened to close me down. He stepped up and took over and is fully funding us."
Quinn didn't know that but then she didn't really know very much about Gabriel, despite all the time they'd spent together both in person and via email. She felt a pang of something like jealousy but pushed it away and grinned at Tessa. "So technically we work for the same person."
"Oh, yeah, we do and I met your Cole. Quinn, you didn't tell me he was so beautiful. I swear I almost drooled on myself when I met him that first time."
Quinn turned in her chair. "First time? How often does he visit?"
"Never and then this month he's been here three times."
"Really? And his interest?"
"Same as you but he has nothing. It's a fishing expedition."
"Sons of bitches. And you didn't share, right?"
"Of course not but what am I missing?" Tessa glanced over and saw that Quinn's anger was making her eyes look more silver than grey.
"Did you mention my inquiry to Cole when he was here?"
"No. I figured if you wanted him to know, you would have told him."
"Thank you."
"What's up, Quinn?"
"Nothing, just two over-protective men being high-handed. Are you any closer to understanding time travel's negative effects on the body?"
Tessa pulled her car into the lot and parked. "This is all conjecture but I think it has to do with aging, potentially very rapid aging, as the body and mind re-sync."
"Like the effect of a fountain of youth that is suddenly taken away, leaving the body to come back to its appropriate age... very quickly?"
"Yeah, something like that. Whatever it was had the Mayans burying their knowledge of time travel so deeply that it's only now being uncovered. What I'm curious to know is how did Derek realize what he found? To most his necklace would be a valuable artifact but certainly not a map to travel time."
Quinn hadn't thought of that but he must've known someone who was knowledgeable enough with the Mayans to recognize the glyphs when they saw it. "He has to be working with someone. You'd know better than anyone else in your field who would have that kind of knowledge."
"There are a few," Tessa speculated, "I'll have to think about it." They climbed from the car and headed to the trailer located in trees that surrounded the temples.
"Don't want to throw off the scene with a big old double-wide sitting out in plain sight," Tessa teased from over her shoulder before she keyed into the trailer and held the door for Quinn.
Inside the place was as neat as a pin, which didn't surprise Quinn. Tessa was organized, almost pathologically so. Quinn followed her to the small office in the back where she settled at the desk, unlocked a drawer and pulled out a file.
"I took the dates of Derek's digs, specifically when his discoveries were made, and referenced those dates to the celestial mappings of the Mayans. You can see for yourself, the celestial sky looks the same for each discovery, the same pattern detailed on his necklace. This is proof, Quinn, that the Mayans did discover time travel."
"It's unreal but scary, Tessa, because going back in time alters the future. And when someone is doing so for personal gain, he isn't thinking at all about what he's messing up."
"True."
