and a good view of the doors.
A waitress came over. She was wearing a loose brown dress that showed some cleavage. Hanley could see her legs needed to be shaved, and she wasn't wearing a bra.
"Angel Guy!" she said with a smile. She didn't seem bothered by his shoddy appearance.
Kelly smiled back at her, and he was missing a few teeth. "I'm eating right today. My friends are paying. Get me a big glass of red wine and an enchilada plate. Make it a double."
"Sure thing. What can I get you?" The waitress gave menus to Hanley and Katie.
Hanley frowned at his choices. "I guess I'll take the BLT. The bacon is made from coconut?"
"With maple syrup."
"Sounds delicious." He made a sour face.
"I'll go with the mixed greens salad," Katie said.
The waitress took the menus back and left.
Hanley turned to Kelly. "Let's get down to business. We looked at your book."
"Really?" Kelly said eagerly. "I thought it was out of print."
"We got our hands on a used copy."
"Did you like it?"
"That's not really the point," Hanley said. "Do you know what's been going on in San Francisco?"
"No."
"It's a big story."
"I sleep in a cardboard box," Kelly said. "I eat breakfast out of dumpsters. I'm not really up on current events."
"Then let's save that topic until later. What inspired you to write the book? Do you remember a specific event?"
"I've always been fascinated by angels and mathematics. I knew there had to be a link. The breakthrough came when I came across a presentation by Jenkins. He showed how the letters of the first chapter of Genesis can be arranged in a pyramid. I'm talking about the original Hebrew version, of course. The outline forms a triangle of 18 letters, a number often associated with good fortune. If you turn all the letters into numbers and sum them according to the 'Gematria' process, you get 2701. What's particularly interesting is the frequency of 37 as a factor..."
Hanley held up his hands. "Stop. I don't need a lecture. Tell me about something that actually happened in your life. Where did it all start?"
Kelly squirmed in his chair and had a guilty expression.
"Was there a bright light?" Hanley said. "Did you see a glowing ball or hear a voice? Did the ideas just appear in your mind?"
"Well, I..." Kelly cleared his throat. "I don't want to talk about that. Did you know if you perform a quantitative analysis of the scriptural texts, you find a sevenfold structure? The symmetry is in the sense that there are sections which have identical lengths if counted in verses..."
"That's very interesting but not important right now. Tell me about the beginning. What happened to you?"
Kelly frowned and looked down. "After I eat."
Hanley decided not to press the issue in a public place.
The food eventually arrived. He bit into his sandwich expecting the worst, but it actually wasn't bad. The "bacon" didn't taste anything like real bacon, but the lettuce and tomatoes were exceptionally fresh.
Kelly received a plate with an impressive heap of enchiladas on it. They were stuffed with sunflower seed pate, but he gobbled them down just the same. He was certainly hungry. He drank two glasses of wine and two glasses of water.
Finally, the meal was done and paid for. The group left the restaurant. Kelly dragged his suitcase as they walked down the sidewalk in a random direction.
"Are you ready to talk now?" Hanley said.
Kelly had the same guilty, uncomfortable expression as before. "Did you know the number of books in the Bible with anonymous authors is 22 or 2 times 11? The number of books with specified authors is 44 or 4 times 11. Interesting coincidence, isn't it?"
Hanley sighed. "You're evading the question."
Katie took him aside and whispered, "Something is wrong with his mind. I don't think he's capable of answering honestly."
"You may be right. Hold on." He took out his phone, stepped away, and called Marina.
"Yes?" the commander said.
"I found Brian Kelly, ma'am, but he's not being helpful. He seems
A waitress came over. She was wearing a loose brown dress that showed some cleavage. Hanley could see her legs needed to be shaved, and she wasn't wearing a bra.
"Angel Guy!" she said with a smile. She didn't seem bothered by his shoddy appearance.
Kelly smiled back at her, and he was missing a few teeth. "I'm eating right today. My friends are paying. Get me a big glass of red wine and an enchilada plate. Make it a double."
"Sure thing. What can I get you?" The waitress gave menus to Hanley and Katie.
Hanley frowned at his choices. "I guess I'll take the BLT. The bacon is made from coconut?"
"With maple syrup."
"Sounds delicious." He made a sour face.
"I'll go with the mixed greens salad," Katie said.
The waitress took the menus back and left.
Hanley turned to Kelly. "Let's get down to business. We looked at your book."
"Really?" Kelly said eagerly. "I thought it was out of print."
"We got our hands on a used copy."
"Did you like it?"
"That's not really the point," Hanley said. "Do you know what's been going on in San Francisco?"
"No."
"It's a big story."
"I sleep in a cardboard box," Kelly said. "I eat breakfast out of dumpsters. I'm not really up on current events."
"Then let's save that topic until later. What inspired you to write the book? Do you remember a specific event?"
"I've always been fascinated by angels and mathematics. I knew there had to be a link. The breakthrough came when I came across a presentation by Jenkins. He showed how the letters of the first chapter of Genesis can be arranged in a pyramid. I'm talking about the original Hebrew version, of course. The outline forms a triangle of 18 letters, a number often associated with good fortune. If you turn all the letters into numbers and sum them according to the 'Gematria' process, you get 2701. What's particularly interesting is the frequency of 37 as a factor..."
Hanley held up his hands. "Stop. I don't need a lecture. Tell me about something that actually happened in your life. Where did it all start?"
Kelly squirmed in his chair and had a guilty expression.
"Was there a bright light?" Hanley said. "Did you see a glowing ball or hear a voice? Did the ideas just appear in your mind?"
"Well, I..." Kelly cleared his throat. "I don't want to talk about that. Did you know if you perform a quantitative analysis of the scriptural texts, you find a sevenfold structure? The symmetry is in the sense that there are sections which have identical lengths if counted in verses..."
"That's very interesting but not important right now. Tell me about the beginning. What happened to you?"
Kelly frowned and looked down. "After I eat."
Hanley decided not to press the issue in a public place.
The food eventually arrived. He bit into his sandwich expecting the worst, but it actually wasn't bad. The "bacon" didn't taste anything like real bacon, but the lettuce and tomatoes were exceptionally fresh.
Kelly received a plate with an impressive heap of enchiladas on it. They were stuffed with sunflower seed pate, but he gobbled them down just the same. He was certainly hungry. He drank two glasses of wine and two glasses of water.
Finally, the meal was done and paid for. The group left the restaurant. Kelly dragged his suitcase as they walked down the sidewalk in a random direction.
"Are you ready to talk now?" Hanley said.
Kelly had the same guilty, uncomfortable expression as before. "Did you know the number of books in the Bible with anonymous authors is 22 or 2 times 11? The number of books with specified authors is 44 or 4 times 11. Interesting coincidence, isn't it?"
Hanley sighed. "You're evading the question."
Katie took him aside and whispered, "Something is wrong with his mind. I don't think he's capable of answering honestly."
"You may be right. Hold on." He took out his phone, stepped away, and called Marina.
"Yes?" the commander said.
"I found Brian Kelly, ma'am, but he's not being helpful. He seems
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