The Double Game
“Litzi said.“See that dark area to the left of the park, over where the street dips below ground level and disappears, like it’s going to tunnel right beneath the river?”“Yes.”“There’s an old storage area there, sort of like a cavern. It’s usually locked up at night, but I presume Jan has a key. Karel and I used to play there. We’d jimmy the gate and run wild. It was always dark and damp, nothing much to see except empty beer kegs and a few parked cars, but we thought it was great and we called ...it the Cave. Winos always took dumps beneath the overhang just outside, so Jan better watch his step.”Once Karel and I had taken a flashlight. The flitting beam and the shadows it created had made the Cave even eerier. The most remarkable sight was the dripping far wall, a mossy embankment of stones that held back the river. In the deep silence you could hear the throb of the passing current.“There he is.”Jan reached the sidewalk and glanced both ways. He looked vulnerable down there, an easy target, and for a moment I felt bad about sending him ahead of us.“Who’s that?”MoreLess
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