Defense for the Devil
“Frank muttered to the Things, “he couldn’t bring his kids into this mess.” He had known for days that John had a tough decision to make, but he had reasoned that he would simply put off his kids until after the holidays, after the trial was over, and then he and Barbara would take off for a delayed visit. He suspected Barbara had thought the same thing.
An awkward moment had come when she said that was enough work for the night, time to go home. Hesitantly Frank had suggested that she could... move a few things over, use her old room upstairs, and she had looked distant and unapproachable. “Too much trouble,” she had said. He knew from past experience that she would not talk about it, not now, maybe never.
They were all as jumpy as cats, although at the moment the two cats on the floor looked about as jumpy as bricks. Thing One had rolled over on his back, all four legs sprawled out in impossible angles, and Thing Two was draped partly across him, playing dead.MoreLess
An awkward moment had come when she said that was enough work for the night, time to go home. Hesitantly Frank had suggested that she could... move a few things over, use her old room upstairs, and she had looked distant and unapproachable. “Too much trouble,” she had said. He knew from past experience that she would not talk about it, not now, maybe never.
They were all as jumpy as cats, although at the moment the two cats on the floor looked about as jumpy as bricks. Thing One had rolled over on his back, all four legs sprawled out in impossible angles, and Thing Two was draped partly across him, playing dead.MoreLess
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