Animal Life by Clive Barker

Author:Clive Barker [Barker, Clive]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Carnival Bookstore
Published: 1994-09-15T05:00:00+00:00

He called Kathleen from Vince's place, to tell her the news. She said that she was sorry, but

then, they'd said that to each other countless times and not really meant it. Before the

conversation ended, he asked if she was planning to come back out to California anytime

soon. She told him no.

"You can rebuild," Vince said the next day when they went to sort through the rubble. "The

government's already promised interest-free loans, and you've got the insurance."

It was true. Of course he could rebuild. Stronger foundations next time. More steel, more

concrete. But right now, the thought sickened him.

He kept thinking of his hallucination. Of Duffy devouring ice cream and thinking about the

cruelty of men. The headaches were diminishing, so he assumed he wouldn't be bothered

further by such deliriums, but the conversation stayed with him. "Rebuild?" he wanted to

ask Vince. "Why?"

"He kept his doubts to himself, however. Put a brave face on things, he even managed a

smile or two. But when Vince headed off to get some beer, he immediately ceased digging

and sat with his back to the rubble, staring down the canyon.

Where had Duffy gone this time? he wondered. Back where he'd gone before, up onto

Mullholland?

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