Carousel Court by Joe McGinniss Jr

Author:Joe McGinniss Jr.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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It’s the first week of October. It’s the hottest week since they arrived in June. The heat is unrelenting. For some reason, Kostya and Marina have Halloween decorations on their front lawn already: a family of zombies that appears frighteningly real at night. Nick and Phoebe are exhausted. It’s midnight and they’ve each been up since six. Nick had a nosebleed an hour ago from the dry hot air. Phoebe is premenstrual and cramping. Nick keeps the bedroom door open, as much to listen for strange noises as to keep from suffocating.

“Spell it out, Phoebe. What do we have left?”

That’s easy, she thinks. She adjusts the volume on the baby monitor she keeps bedside. What is left is Jackson. What’s left with JW? An answer, yes or no: Will he produce for her? His third wife, Japanese, lonely, must spend as much time as Phoebe would wondering who he’s texting or calling or Skyping, who’s taking the gold elevator up to his hotel suite or boarding a flight with tickets he paid for to meet him in Maui or San Francisco. Between the lines of her text messages with JW is a stark reality. She needs him more than ever. What’s left? Closing the sale with JW. What’s confusing her is the rush of adrenaline that comes with each text he sends, the resulting agitation and inability to sleep without copious amounts of pink and yellow benzodiazepines.

“I’ll answer my own question,” Nick says as he leaves the room. “Nothing is left. And there’s nothing inside of you. It took me ten years to see through you because I’m an idiot.”

Phoebe closes her eyes. She remains upright on the bed, legs crossed. She’s nodding. She’s waiting him out. She bites her upper lip. Another moment or two and the right words will ignite her. They don’t come, though. Nick leaves the room, closes the door quietly behind him.

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