Billy Summers by Stephen King

Author:Stephen King
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf, mobi
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2021-08-03T00:00:00+00:00

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He pours the coffee, ready to dodge if she tries throwing it in his face and then running for the door. He doesn’t think she will, she’s settling down a little, but this is still a situation that could go bad. Well hey, it’s bad already, but it could get worse.

She doesn’t throw the coffee at him. She sips some and makes a face. Her lips press tight together and he can see the muscles in her throat moving even after it’s gone down.

“If you’re going to throw up again, do it in the sink.”

“I’m not going to… what do you mean again? How did I get here? Are you sure you didn’t rape me?”

That isn’t funny but Billy can’t help smiling. “If I did, I think I’d know.”

“How did I get here? What happened?”

He sips his own coffee. “That would be the middle of the story. Let’s start at the beginning. Tell me what happened to you.”

“I don’t remember. Last night is your basic black hole. All I know is I woke up here, hungover and feeling like somebody stuck a fencepost up my… you know.” She sips her coffee and this time she gets it down without having to repress a gag reflex.

“What about before that?”

She looks at him, blue eyes wide, mouth moving. Then her head droops. “Was it Tripp? Did he put something in my beer? My g-and-t? Both? Is that what you’re telling me?”

Billy restrains an impulse to reach across the table and put his hand over hers. He’s gained a little ground but if he touches her he’ll almost certainly lose it. She’s not ready to be touched by a man, especially one with nothing on but worn workout shorts.

“I don’t know. I wasn’t there. You were. So tell me what happened, Alice. Right up to when your memory drops out.”

So she does. And as she does, he can see the question in her eyes: if you didn’t rape me, why did I wake up in your bed instead of a hospital bed?

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