Alarums by Richard Laymon

Author:Richard Laymon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2011-12-11T19:10:10+00:00

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Hi!

I've gone to Mass and I have some errands to run. Expect me when you see me. Make yourselfs at home. Their's bacon and eggs in the fridge as well as coffee cake in the freezer. So help yourselfs.

Love,

Joyce

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Good speller, Bodie thought, and put the note down.

Gone to mass? That would mean she's Catholic. Will you be confessing today, Joyce? And what sort of sins will you be whispering in the Father's ear? Adultery? Attempted murder?

Beyond the glass door, the patio was bright with sunlight. Bodie stepped to the door. He gripped its handle. He saw Pen off to the left, reclined on a lounger and reading a paperback. She wore a blue and yellow plaid blouse and white shorts. Her legs were stretched out, long and slender, her bare feet crossed at the ankles. She had a coffee mug in one hand.

Bodie wanted to go out there and pull up a chair beside her.

What could it hurt?

He didn't know what it could hurt, but maybe she wanted time to herself and maybe Melanie would put in an appearance full of suspicion and maybe he had just damn well not find himself alone with Pen first thing in the morning.

So he backed away from the door.

He carried his coffee mug into the living room. The Sunday Los Angeles Times was on a lamp table. He searched through it until he found the book section, then sat on the couch to read it while he drank his coffee and waited.

When his mug was empty, he returned to the kitchen. He filled it. He stepped to the door and looked out again. Pen was still on the lounger. Her knees were drawn up, and she held the book open against her thighs. Her hair glinted in the sunlight.

With a sigh, he turned away. He took his coffee back to the living room and sat down. This is crazy, he thought, and I'm a rat. She's Melanie's sister, for Godsake.

I haven't done anything.

And I'd better not.

It would probably blow up in my face, anyway. Even if Pen were interested in me (a damn big if), she's loyal to Melanie. Look what happened when that Steve character put moves on her.

Bodie found the newspaper's 'Calendar' section and began to look at the movie ads.

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