Soon the Rest Will Fall (2010)
Soon the Rest Will Fall
“The sun hid behind the transmission tower on Twin Peaks. The clouds in the buttermilk skies over Market Street were tinged with smog that capped the tenements and the downtown office buildings. A bone-melting westerly wind scoured the sidewalks. In the evening the temperature was ninety-eight degrees.
Newspaper headlines ballyhooed a jewel heist in Union Square. A jewelry shop was knocked off when the employees opened the store, only to be greeted by thieves who’d broken in through the roof. The business’s Christmas merchandise was taken. Losses were estimated at $3 million.
Robert stayed at home. Twenty-four hours had passed since he’d last seen Slatts. The dudes at the Stevenson Alley methadone clinic said his ex-boyfriend was in San Mateo partying with the Norteños. Other folks gossiped that he was holed up in a Sunset district motel by the beach and was selling crack.
It didn’t matter. Today was a landmark. Robert had been out of prison for six days. One hundred and forty-four hours.
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