Cold Frame

Authors: P. T. Deutermann

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“He considered giving the remains of the second bottle of red a second chance and decided to go with beer instead. It was dropping into the lower fifties, so after a standup dinner at the kitchen counter, he lit up the woodstove with the remnants of last year’s wood, reminding himself to lay in a supply for the coming winter. He’d shifted into jeans and a real shirt in deference to the cooler weather. As he watched the sunset from the loft, he wondered about that OCME report. His night visitor h...ad promised that there would be no report, and yet … Moreover, she’d known all about his suspension and the Briar Patch. And his aversion to getting deeply involved with women. How had she known that? He’d said it to—his curvy blond tenant, Rue Waltham. Was she a player? With that hair? No way. So maybe the Feebs had bugged his place?
You’re getting paranoid, he told himself. But, then again, he reminded himself, even paranoids have enemies. Well: why not find out?
“Hey,” he said, speaking to the ceiling in a louder than usual voice.MoreLess Read More Read Less