Festival of Deaths
“She was talking to DeAnna Kroll, as she had been for the last three minutes. She was playing with the plastic menorah that had been on her piece of cake and talking about high-heeled boots and whether they inevitably hurt your toes. That was when DeAnna Kroll asked, “What about that old lady you were telling me about last week? Is she still holed up in your apartment?”
Gregor backed away instinctively and held his breath. Bennis put down her cake fork.
“It was the oddest thing,” she said. “Day ...before yesterday, she just got up and walked away. At least, I assume she did. I went to the grocery store and when I got back she was gone.”
“Did she leave a note?”
“Oh, yes. Her niece came and got her. Her niece had been away, you see, on some sort of class trip or something. I don’t know. Anyway, I called and the niece said the old lady was all right and safely home, but I don’t really understand it. Maybe I would if I’d talked to the doctor.”
“I thought you did talk to the doctor.”MoreLess
Gregor backed away instinctively and held his breath. Bennis put down her cake fork.
“It was the oddest thing,” she said. “Day ...before yesterday, she just got up and walked away. At least, I assume she did. I went to the grocery store and when I got back she was gone.”
“Did she leave a note?”
“Oh, yes. Her niece came and got her. Her niece had been away, you see, on some sort of class trip or something. I don’t know. Anyway, I called and the niece said the old lady was all right and safely home, but I don’t really understand it. Maybe I would if I’d talked to the doctor.”
“I thought you did talk to the doctor.”MoreLess
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