0385539975 by Matt Marinovich

Author:Matt Marinovich [Marinovich, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2016-01-18T22:00:00+00:00

“Scott!” she shouted at me, putting the tray down on the bed and grabbing at my arm, even though I was already letting go. Victor’s spit covered my thumb. He was doing his best to look like I was completely psychotic, coughing and turning blue as I stood up again, the camera around my neck.

“It’s all right, Sandra,” he said, cooing at her as if she were some loyal protective pet. “He’s harmless, absolutely harmless. There’s nothing to him.”

I glanced at him one more time before I left the room. In her rush to rearrange his contorted body, Sandra had knocked over his array of pill bottles. They rolled in all directions on the carpet, one thin container coming to a rest underneath the curtain, where I hoped it might always be forgotten. On the way out, unseen and harmless, I cleared my throat and spat in his steaming soup.

I could hear Sandra’s thumping footsteps as she followed me out of the room. She shouted my name as I entered the kitchen, still filled with the cloying smell of the goulash. A pale lump of leftover macaroni sat in a colander next to the sink.

When I turned toward Sandra, her face was contorted and red. She picked away a strand of blond hair from her perspiring forehead. I felt sorry for her, of course, not the sadistic prick in the other room.

“You were killing him,” she spat out, keeping her distance from me.

“I lost my patience,” I said softly. “I was actually trying to help him sit up in bed. You know how difficult he can be.”

She didn’t buy that. I could tell that much right away. I watched her turn toward the portable phone and immediately pictured her picking it up and dialing the police.

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