Too Quiet in Brooklyn
““Yes?”
“What happened to you—swallow the wrong way?”
“Very funny.”
“Listen, I’ve got news. That torched van we found off the Belt? We found the VIN on a piece of the frame. And I’ve got some other news, too. Are you available? Willoughby and I are headed your way now.”
Was this the good fairy doing a poor imitation of Jane? “How do you know where I live?”
“How could I forget?”
“But I don’t live there. That’s my cleaning service.” I gave her our Vinegar Hill address.
That was the easy part. Now ...I needed to do something about the broken mess between me and Denny. I stood in the dark, not really thinking, more like a ten-year-old delinquent holding my eye, which by now was a pulsating bongo drum.
“Denny?”
Nada.
The dining room was empty, the kitchen, too. I paced from room to room, stood in the hallway, the circle of fear closing in on me, forming knots in my stomach until I swallowed them away. I looked in the mirror and scared myself until I realized it was me.MoreLess
“What happened to you—swallow the wrong way?”
“Very funny.”
“Listen, I’ve got news. That torched van we found off the Belt? We found the VIN on a piece of the frame. And I’ve got some other news, too. Are you available? Willoughby and I are headed your way now.”
Was this the good fairy doing a poor imitation of Jane? “How do you know where I live?”
“How could I forget?”
“But I don’t live there. That’s my cleaning service.” I gave her our Vinegar Hill address.
That was the easy part. Now ...I needed to do something about the broken mess between me and Denny. I stood in the dark, not really thinking, more like a ten-year-old delinquent holding my eye, which by now was a pulsating bongo drum.
“Denny?”
Nada.
The dining room was empty, the kitchen, too. I paced from room to room, stood in the hallway, the circle of fear closing in on me, forming knots in my stomach until I swallowed them away. I looked in the mirror and scared myself until I realized it was me.MoreLess
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