Suspicious Circumstances
“Every now and then I’d broken in, but mostly I’d just let Pam talk. It had seemed less unnerving to have her tell it her way without too much interpretation from me, because most of my interpretations hardly bore thinking about. At one point Tray had come back with a red rubber ball which he tried, very unsuccessfully, to balance on his nose. Pam’s glass had been empty for some time. Now she held it out to me and I got up and made her another gin and tonic. I was so distraught that I forgot and... put in ice and had to take it out again.
Across the blue, blue pool, in his blue, blue business suit, Uncle Hans noticed me moving, glanced up from his chess problem and called, ‘Nickie, is Anny home yet?’ Uncle Hans was never completely happy if Mother wasn’t around somewhere.
‘Not yet, Uncle,’ I said. I took Pam the drink. ‘What happened then?’ ‘Ronnie,’ said Pam, gulping at the drink. ‘Just a few seconds after me, he came running in from the direction of the door that leads out towards the pool house.MoreLess
Across the blue, blue pool, in his blue, blue business suit, Uncle Hans noticed me moving, glanced up from his chess problem and called, ‘Nickie, is Anny home yet?’ Uncle Hans was never completely happy if Mother wasn’t around somewhere.
‘Not yet, Uncle,’ I said. I took Pam the drink. ‘What happened then?’ ‘Ronnie,’ said Pam, gulping at the drink. ‘Just a few seconds after me, he came running in from the direction of the door that leads out towards the pool house.MoreLess
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