Eve's Men
“Because his eyes were closed against the sun, he didn’t realize that the two of them were there until Eve spoke.“Come on, we’ve got to talk. You really did it this time.”Squinting up at her, he started to say something, but she walked away heading for their room. He looked at Charley then.“Why? What happened?”“We’ll see you upstairs.”Brian came in his own good time, stopping on the way for a drink of water at a fountain. When he finally arrived, closing the door behind him, he repeated his ques...tion.“Well, what’s up? What’s the big deal?”Across the room, Eve shook her head and turned away, her eyes filling.“Well?” Brian said to Charley.“Jolly’s dead,” Charley told him. “Chester shot him.”At first, Brian just stood there looking at the two of them much as he had after Belinda’s accident, as if he were waiting for some sign that it was all a joke, a put-on.“You can’t be serious,” he said.In his mind, Charley still kept seeing Belinda as the car hit her, and now there was Jolly doing his weird back flip, taking the bullet.MoreLess
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