Likely to Die
“The knob seemed to stick for a minute before it cracked open, and I was startled at that exact moment by a noise behind me. I stepped on the threshold and looked over my shoulder to see only the swinging door at the service end of the hallway moving back and forth.
There were no voices and no other noise on the corridor and yet I could have sworn I saw someone’s face peeking out from behind the small porthole window there toward me. It was a creepy feeling, as though I were being watched, and ...I reassured myself that nosy neighbors were likely to be concerned about the strangers who were parading in and out of the dead woman’s home.
The entryway light switch was on the wall next to the front closet, so I flipped it up as I closed the door behind me.
My eyes swept around the large space. It was a postwar building with rooms of a generous size, spoiled by concrete ceilings that resembled a huge, upside-down vat of cottage cheese but saved by a floor-length wall of windows that looked over the expanse of the East River.MoreLess
There were no voices and no other noise on the corridor and yet I could have sworn I saw someone’s face peeking out from behind the small porthole window there toward me. It was a creepy feeling, as though I were being watched, and ...I reassured myself that nosy neighbors were likely to be concerned about the strangers who were parading in and out of the dead woman’s home.
The entryway light switch was on the wall next to the front closet, so I flipped it up as I closed the door behind me.
My eyes swept around the large space. It was a postwar building with rooms of a generous size, spoiled by concrete ceilings that resembled a huge, upside-down vat of cottage cheese but saved by a floor-length wall of windows that looked over the expanse of the East River.MoreLess
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