In the Still of the Night

Cover In the Still of the Night
Genres: Fiction
Julie, out of bed before she was rightly awake, pulled on her robe and ran, barefoot, to the front of the shop. It was half-past one in the morning. She unbolted the door and opened it on the latch. Her upstairs neighbor, Rose Rodriguez, was shivering in a silvery dress that glowed in the stark Manhattan street light. Julie let her in, then bolted the door and lighted a lamp.
“I don’t know where Juanita is. She’s not in her bed. I thought maybe she comes to you?”
Julie shook her head. “Sit down
... while I get my slippers.”
The chair creaked with its burden. In the years Julie Hayes had occupied the shop, the ground floor apartment on West 44th Street, Mrs. Rodriguez had put on weight. Her one child, Juanita, had grown from a string bean to puberty with a sudden promising beauty.
Mrs. Rodriguez pointed at the row of dolls when Julie returned. They sat on a table, their backs against the wall. “They are Juanita’s, no?”
“We’ve been mending them,” Julie said. “Now tell me what’s with Juanita?”
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