Murder Sees the Light
“This time I was trying to row my way out of the way of a huge freighter, which kept coming at me from all directions through a fog. When it was clear that there was no escape, whichever side I was sleeping on, I threw my legs out of bed and followed them. I looked at my watch at the side of the bed, where I’d left it behind as I sloughed all my city clothes nearly a week ago. Eleven thirty-three. But the Delco was still pounding away, and the electric lights were burning in the Annex. Maybe Glo...ver was grilling everybody. Maybe somebody from CIB had taken over. Maybe it was like the hotdog roast I missed.
I was too turned around to go back to sleep, so I pulled on some clean clothes, added a sweater because I felt a chill, and walked over towards the Annex. It was like the last time I was there, and the time before that. Lloyd Pearcy was at the old record player trying to get the words of “Lindy Lou” straight. Directly under one of the bearskins, Des Westmorland and Delia were sitting and not talking.MoreLess
I was too turned around to go back to sleep, so I pulled on some clean clothes, added a sweater because I felt a chill, and walked over towards the Annex. It was like the last time I was there, and the time before that. Lloyd Pearcy was at the old record player trying to get the words of “Lindy Lou” straight. Directly under one of the bearskins, Des Westmorland and Delia were sitting and not talking.MoreLess
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