Dead Sand by Brendan DuBois

Author:Brendan DuBois [DuBois, Brendan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: USA
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2011-07-04T14:00:00+00:00

Much later, after another mutual shower and mutual drying off, we went downstairs, where I built a fire in my stone fireplace, and Annie curled up on the couch in an old UNH sweatshirt of mine and not much else, with a down comforter wrapped around her legs. Outside a cold rain was falling, splattering against the sliding glass doors that led out to the rear deck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

“Two things, my boy,” she announced. “One, you’re going to take that television remote and turn on something that is nowhere near a cable news channel. Turner Classic Movies or something similar would work well. Then you’re going to take the remote and hide it.”

“Hide it?” I asked, feeling refreshed and comfortable, wearing an old dark blue terrycloth robe.

“Hide it,” she repeated. “This day is my day off with you, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to be sucked into watching the latest campaign news, of who’s up, who’s down, and what else makes the world go round. However, knowing the political junkie I am, I can’t trust myself. So hide it.”

“Deal,” I said, getting the remote, flipping it on, and finding TCM, just as she had requested. They were in the middle of coming attractions, but I was hoping something good would show up. Annie burrowed into the comforter and said, “Second thing, my boy, your wench is starving again and requires a fine meal. That means no cheeseburgers, no pizza, no hot dogs, no pastries, nothing I would get in a conference room, an airport lounge, or a 7-Eleven. Deal?”

“Deal,” I said. “And for dessert?”

She winked at me. “Depends on how your head is feeling.”

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