Lemon Reef
“It was five thirty when we approached, the house quiet—uninhabited, I would have thought, based on its state of disrepair. An old, gray Dodge with all four tires removed rested on cinder blocks implanted into the pebble driveway. Rust, like acid, seeped through the driver’s side door and beyond. Black Sabbath screamed murder from the house next door, causing its walls to shake and the ground to vibrate.
Del’s body was at the medical examiner’s office. Pascale had let it be known that the fa...mily would hold an open house that night for people to stop by. When I decided to make the trip I had imagined a big funeral—an event at which I could have gone unnoticed, a church somewhere with a lot of people milling around. I envisioned myself with time to get a feel for things, to see Pascale, Ida, Nicole, Sid, maybe even Del’s father, Andre, before they saw me, and to make contact only if it seemed right or even possible. Now I was walking straight for the front door of the tiny, near-vacant living room and felt conspicuous already.MoreLess
Del’s body was at the medical examiner’s office. Pascale had let it be known that the fa...mily would hold an open house that night for people to stop by. When I decided to make the trip I had imagined a big funeral—an event at which I could have gone unnoticed, a church somewhere with a lot of people milling around. I envisioned myself with time to get a feel for things, to see Pascale, Ida, Nicole, Sid, maybe even Del’s father, Andre, before they saw me, and to make contact only if it seemed right or even possible. Now I was walking straight for the front door of the tiny, near-vacant living room and felt conspicuous already.MoreLess
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