Kill Your Darlings
“Hardly surprising, considering what Mae Kane had been through; but an unpleasant little ironic reminder of why I was here....
I knocked, and when there was no answer, knocked again, then paused to say, “Mae? It’s me—Mal.”
A few seconds later the door opened a ways and Mae’s face appeared over the taut nightlatch chain, a game little smile in the midst of the pretty but puffy face.
“Hello, Mal,” she said. “You’re a dear, but... I’m not really up to visitors right now....”
“Sure,” I said. “I unde...rstand. But we need to talk, soon as you’re up to it. It’s important we talk.”
The big brown long-lashed eyes, which had a red filigree this morning, narrowed and the lipstick-free lips pursed; she nodded and let me in.
Her bags were packed, by the door.
“When are you leaving?” I asked her.
She went over to the far bed and sat down, crossing pretty, nyloned legs; though she wore no make-up, she was a stunningly beautiful woman: her high-necked dress, brown and silky, clung to her trim figure, and her hair was its wig-perfect twin arcs of silver.MoreLess
I knocked, and when there was no answer, knocked again, then paused to say, “Mae? It’s me—Mal.”
A few seconds later the door opened a ways and Mae’s face appeared over the taut nightlatch chain, a game little smile in the midst of the pretty but puffy face.
“Hello, Mal,” she said. “You’re a dear, but... I’m not really up to visitors right now....”
“Sure,” I said. “I unde...rstand. But we need to talk, soon as you’re up to it. It’s important we talk.”
The big brown long-lashed eyes, which had a red filigree this morning, narrowed and the lipstick-free lips pursed; she nodded and let me in.
Her bags were packed, by the door.
“When are you leaving?” I asked her.
She went over to the far bed and sat down, crossing pretty, nyloned legs; though she wore no make-up, she was a stunningly beautiful woman: her high-necked dress, brown and silky, clung to her trim figure, and her hair was its wig-perfect twin arcs of silver.MoreLess
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