Sanctuary
“Mass Path. Because the hearses from the morgue drove along this road to the funeral parlours. Newcastle Avenue didn’t quite have the same ring to it.
The house had large wooden gates, but one was open and I went in. The small yard for parking was deserted and no lights were on. I rang the doorbell, and smiled at the nameplate on the door: St Jude’s – the patron saint of hopeless cases.
I waited, then used my tool kit to open the door – a present from Stapelton, a psycho friend, long dead and by... my hand.
I found myself in a long hall, with icons and pictures of avenging angels lining the walls and a huge blue banner that proclaimed: ‘Aids is God’s answer.’ I muttered, ‘What’s the question?’ The house was well cleaned and had one upstairs bedroom with a skylight. I opened the cupboard. Apart from a few shirts and jeans, it contained a baseball bat that looked well used – the smudges on the top weren’t red paint – and a set of brass knuckles. Everything the urban vigilante required.MoreLess
The house had large wooden gates, but one was open and I went in. The small yard for parking was deserted and no lights were on. I rang the doorbell, and smiled at the nameplate on the door: St Jude’s – the patron saint of hopeless cases.
I waited, then used my tool kit to open the door – a present from Stapelton, a psycho friend, long dead and by... my hand.
I found myself in a long hall, with icons and pictures of avenging angels lining the walls and a huge blue banner that proclaimed: ‘Aids is God’s answer.’ I muttered, ‘What’s the question?’ The house was well cleaned and had one upstairs bedroom with a skylight. I opened the cupboard. Apart from a few shirts and jeans, it contained a baseball bat that looked well used – the smudges on the top weren’t red paint – and a set of brass knuckles. Everything the urban vigilante required.MoreLess
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