Tanned Hide
“Mom’s relief was thick, like honey in the ear, even through the phone. “I was so worried for you when I saw the paper this morning.”
I entered my scruffy apartment, careful not to dislodge the earphone from my ear. Mail in one hand, a paper in the other, I swung my body around the cheap, particle board desk that Trecheon had assembled for me last year. I collapsed into the shredded chair, tossing the paper on the desk.
A handsome picture of Matron Fawn placed next to a censored picture of the c...rime scene took up the full top half of the front page. The words “Felicity Fawn, CEO of Fawn Inc. Murdered” blazed above the pictures. It had been a week since the hit itself, but I suspected that her presumed mob affiliation delayed the papers’ reports.
“I don’t know why you were worried, Mom,” I said, sorting through the variety of bills and junk mail. “It’s not like I would be a target.”
“I know, sweetie, but I also know your business frequently does work downtown,”MoreLess
I entered my scruffy apartment, careful not to dislodge the earphone from my ear. Mail in one hand, a paper in the other, I swung my body around the cheap, particle board desk that Trecheon had assembled for me last year. I collapsed into the shredded chair, tossing the paper on the desk.
A handsome picture of Matron Fawn placed next to a censored picture of the c...rime scene took up the full top half of the front page. The words “Felicity Fawn, CEO of Fawn Inc. Murdered” blazed above the pictures. It had been a week since the hit itself, but I suspected that her presumed mob affiliation delayed the papers’ reports.
“I don’t know why you were worried, Mom,” I said, sorting through the variety of bills and junk mail. “It’s not like I would be a target.”
“I know, sweetie, but I also know your business frequently does work downtown,”MoreLess
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