Usher's Passing
“As he splashed bourbon into a glass, he heard his mother say, "Where have you been?" He turned toward her voice. She was sitting in her chair before the fireplace, wearing a white gown and a diamond necklace. Rix poured his drink and took a long swallow of it.
"Where have you been?" she asked again. "Off the estate?" "I was driving around." "Driving around where?" "Here and there. Who are Dad's visitors?" "General McVair and Mr. Meredith, from the plant. Don't change the subject. I don't think I like your sudden disappearances very much." "Okay." He shrugged, trying to think of an excuse to pacify her. "I went to Asheville, to see a friend of mine from college. Then I drove by the Lodge." His hand was shaking as he lifted the glass to his mouth again. What had happened at the Lodge only a short while ago now seemed as vague and strange as an unsettling, half-remembered dream. He felt jittery and irritable, and all he could see in his mind was that open doorway, and beyond it the m...agnificence of the Lodge.MoreLess
"Where have you been?" she asked again. "Off the estate?" "I was driving around." "Driving around where?" "Here and there. Who are Dad's visitors?" "General McVair and Mr. Meredith, from the plant. Don't change the subject. I don't think I like your sudden disappearances very much." "Okay." He shrugged, trying to think of an excuse to pacify her. "I went to Asheville, to see a friend of mine from college. Then I drove by the Lodge." His hand was shaking as he lifted the glass to his mouth again. What had happened at the Lodge only a short while ago now seemed as vague and strange as an unsettling, half-remembered dream. He felt jittery and irritable, and all he could see in his mind was that open doorway, and beyond it the m...agnificence of the Lodge.MoreLess
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