Tenderness
“He knew that he must eliminate the girl, cleverly, leaving no trail or clues behind. He must also get in touch with Maria Valdez, could feel the need growing in him, gnawing at him like a huge emptiness that must be filled as soon as possible.
Glancing in the side-view mirror, he saw only the normal flow of traffic behind him. He decided at last, finally, that he was not being followed and that he had not been followed since leaving Wickburg. All along, he had been alert to suspicious cars and ...had found none. There had been no police cruiser at the park, and it would have been impossible for any car, suspicious or otherwise, to drive into the park without being observed.
He looked into the backseat and saw the girl scrunched up, hugging herself like a little kid. Now that he had condemned her, he felt a rush of tenderness toward her, not the kind he’d found with the other girls or that he’d seek with Maria Valdez but a different tenderness, wanting to be gentle with her. Her face, moist with perspiration, was a bit puffy under her eyes, showing the effects of the heat or maybe simply weariness from sleeping all cramped up in the van last night.MoreLess
Glancing in the side-view mirror, he saw only the normal flow of traffic behind him. He decided at last, finally, that he was not being followed and that he had not been followed since leaving Wickburg. All along, he had been alert to suspicious cars and ...had found none. There had been no police cruiser at the park, and it would have been impossible for any car, suspicious or otherwise, to drive into the park without being observed.
He looked into the backseat and saw the girl scrunched up, hugging herself like a little kid. Now that he had condemned her, he felt a rush of tenderness toward her, not the kind he’d found with the other girls or that he’d seek with Maria Valdez but a different tenderness, wanting to be gentle with her. Her face, moist with perspiration, was a bit puffy under her eyes, showing the effects of the heat or maybe simply weariness from sleeping all cramped up in the van last night.MoreLess
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