Blue Twilight (2009)
“Rolling over, I tried to snuggle against Santou only to find he was no longer under the covers. Then I heard the thrum of the shower. The pipes behind the wall squeaked in protest as Jake turned off the water.
Adding his pillow to my own, I stretched my arms and legs, luxuriating in the extra few minutes to remain in bed. Then I caught sight of the scotch bottle on the floor, and remembered how I’d found Santou stoked to the gills on drugs and booze last night.
Jake slowly limped back into the ...room wearing nothing but a towel around his waist. An angry scar snaked out from beneath the terrycloth and ran down the length of his left leg. He followed my eyes with his own, probably having already looked at it a million times himself.
“I thought maybe I’d tell people that I got it fighting the war in Iraq. What do you think?”
“Maybe so,” I said and smiled.
“Talk about a downer. Terri told me yesterday that my scar’s going to clash with the red Speedo I was planning to wear this summer,”MoreLess
Adding his pillow to my own, I stretched my arms and legs, luxuriating in the extra few minutes to remain in bed. Then I caught sight of the scotch bottle on the floor, and remembered how I’d found Santou stoked to the gills on drugs and booze last night.
Jake slowly limped back into the ...room wearing nothing but a towel around his waist. An angry scar snaked out from beneath the terrycloth and ran down the length of his left leg. He followed my eyes with his own, probably having already looked at it a million times himself.
“I thought maybe I’d tell people that I got it fighting the war in Iraq. What do you think?”
“Maybe so,” I said and smiled.
“Talk about a downer. Terri told me yesterday that my scar’s going to clash with the red Speedo I was planning to wear this summer,”MoreLess
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