Majoring in Murder
““Shhh. Someone will hear.”
“Are you in trouble?”
“Not yet! But I will be if you don’t let me in.”
“This can’t wait till tomorrow?”
“No, ma’am. I gotta see you tonight. It’s important.”
“Well, then you’d best come in.” I stepped back from the open door to my apartment.
Eli loped in, his book bag slung across his shoulders, a florist’s box under his arm, and a sheepish grin on his face.
Fortunately, I hadn’t dressed for bed yet. I didn’t fancy the idea of entertaining a student in the faculty qua...rters at ten o’clock at night in my pajamas.
“You’ve got a nice place here,” Eli said, turning in a circle and nodding his approval of the furnishings. “Way cool.”
“You didn’t come to admire my apartment, Eli. Why are you here?”
“I brought you this,” Eli said, sobering at my tone. He handed me the long white box, and wiped his palms on the sides of his jeans.
I carried the box to the oak table in the comer that doubled as my desk when I wasn’t taking meals at it, and closed the lid on my laptop computer.MoreLess
“Are you in trouble?”
“Not yet! But I will be if you don’t let me in.”
“This can’t wait till tomorrow?”
“No, ma’am. I gotta see you tonight. It’s important.”
“Well, then you’d best come in.” I stepped back from the open door to my apartment.
Eli loped in, his book bag slung across his shoulders, a florist’s box under his arm, and a sheepish grin on his face.
Fortunately, I hadn’t dressed for bed yet. I didn’t fancy the idea of entertaining a student in the faculty qua...rters at ten o’clock at night in my pajamas.
“You’ve got a nice place here,” Eli said, turning in a circle and nodding his approval of the furnishings. “Way cool.”
“You didn’t come to admire my apartment, Eli. Why are you here?”
“I brought you this,” Eli said, sobering at my tone. He handed me the long white box, and wiped his palms on the sides of his jeans.
I carried the box to the oak table in the comer that doubled as my desk when I wasn’t taking meals at it, and closed the lid on my laptop computer.MoreLess
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