The Valentine's Day Murder (2010)
“Jack said in my ear.
“Same here. You just get home?”
“Just walked in. Haven’t even looked at the mail yet. How’re you feeling?”
“Great.”
“Drinking your milk?”
“Carlotta got a gallon of skim, and I’m making my way through it.”
“Sounds awful.”
“It is. I have things to tell you.”
“Let me pull up a chair.”
I went through it all, from the insurance policy to the Krasskys in Connecticut, dictating names and addresses, and spelling out my requests. Nothing I asked was impossible, but nothing was certa...in. Still, when I said good night, I had the feeling I would know a lot more by this time tomorrow.
When I got up in the morning, my first thought was that I was glad I didn’t have to catch a plane. I felt awful. I regretted immediately the delicious lobster I had devoured the night before. Flu, I thought miserably. Four hundred miles from home and I have to get sick.
I sat up and became aware that I didn’t feel feverish. I pulled on my robe and went to my private bathroom where I looked at myself in the mirror.MoreLess
“Same here. You just get home?”
“Just walked in. Haven’t even looked at the mail yet. How’re you feeling?”
“Great.”
“Drinking your milk?”
“Carlotta got a gallon of skim, and I’m making my way through it.”
“Sounds awful.”
“It is. I have things to tell you.”
“Let me pull up a chair.”
I went through it all, from the insurance policy to the Krasskys in Connecticut, dictating names and addresses, and spelling out my requests. Nothing I asked was impossible, but nothing was certa...in. Still, when I said good night, I had the feeling I would know a lot more by this time tomorrow.
When I got up in the morning, my first thought was that I was glad I didn’t have to catch a plane. I felt awful. I regretted immediately the delicious lobster I had devoured the night before. Flu, I thought miserably. Four hundred miles from home and I have to get sick.
I sat up and became aware that I didn’t feel feverish. I pulled on my robe and went to my private bathroom where I looked at myself in the mirror.MoreLess
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