In the Air Tonight
“Christiansen arrived, and the chief moved off to talk to him. I could tell Bobby wanted to join them.
As my Puritan stood in the corner, scowling at the dead man as if he’d like to kill him again, I encouraged him to. “Go on. I’ll—”
“You’ll stay right here,” Bobby said. “Crime scene, remember?”
Even though the idea of my apartment as such was nearly impossible to get my mind around despite the dead guy in the living room, I nodded.
“As soon as I finish, I’ll take you…” he paused, then shrugged.... “Away from here.”
I doubted he’d take me as far away as I wanted to go, which was Nebraska. But anywhere would be fine. I certainly couldn’t sleep in my apartment tonight, even if they’d let me. I might never sleep in it again.
Bobby joined the others. Low-voiced murmurs commenced. I did my best to ignore them. They only made my head ache. Or maybe that was just phantom pain from a narrowly averted meat cleaver to the brain. Considering where the maniac had been standing and where I’d been lying, I couldn’t figure out how I was still breathing.MoreLess
As my Puritan stood in the corner, scowling at the dead man as if he’d like to kill him again, I encouraged him to. “Go on. I’ll—”
“You’ll stay right here,” Bobby said. “Crime scene, remember?”
Even though the idea of my apartment as such was nearly impossible to get my mind around despite the dead guy in the living room, I nodded.
“As soon as I finish, I’ll take you…” he paused, then shrugged.... “Away from here.”
I doubted he’d take me as far away as I wanted to go, which was Nebraska. But anywhere would be fine. I certainly couldn’t sleep in my apartment tonight, even if they’d let me. I might never sleep in it again.
Bobby joined the others. Low-voiced murmurs commenced. I did my best to ignore them. They only made my head ache. Or maybe that was just phantom pain from a narrowly averted meat cleaver to the brain. Considering where the maniac had been standing and where I’d been lying, I couldn’t figure out how I was still breathing.MoreLess
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