The Auerbach Will
“Florida, after all, is where old people come to die, and the sounds of the vehicles that minister to their needs are never far away. The night is clear, but moonless, and on nights like these there is more than the usual small-aircraft traffic heading toward the Everglades. These planes invariably fly low, out of radar range, and without lights, for they are almost always involved in drug traffic. Their activities amuse Arthur Litton in a grim way, because this is a business in which he has cho...sen not to involve himself, though he has been offered numerous opportunities. That is a business, he thinks, only for human beings who are little better than animals, the dregs of the world, traffickers in misery and death. No, that is not at all his cup of tea, and he is proud to have kept it firmly at arm’s length. Except for once. But that had been as a favor to Essie.
Inside the apartment, he has kissed his sleeping Angelique good night, where she has dozed off with her reading light still on, with her copies of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Town & Country spread out about her, her pale arms and yellow hair loose across the white satin sheets and many tiny lace-edged pillows.MoreLess
Inside the apartment, he has kissed his sleeping Angelique good night, where she has dozed off with her reading light still on, with her copies of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Town & Country spread out about her, her pale arms and yellow hair loose across the white satin sheets and many tiny lace-edged pillows.MoreLess
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