December Heat by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza

Author:Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza [Garcia-Roza, Luiz Alfredo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-46685-031-6
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2002-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

PART 5

Several parts of his body were still aching, and they hurt even more when he bumped into a piece of furniture or when Flor overdid it with her loving caresses. He was worried about his head. Who the fuck beats an old man in the head? It could cause a brain hemorrhage! And the guy who beat him wasn’t fucking around, either. Lucky that …

“Are you talking to yourself, baby?”

“Huh?”

“I asked if you were talking to yourself.”

“Of course not. Aren’t you here with me?”

“I am, but you’re in the bedroom and I’m in the bathroom.”

“But still you heard me.”

“What were you talking about?”

“I was asking who the fuck hits an old man in the head. It could cause a hemorrhage.”

“You’re not an old man and you’re not going to get a hemorrhage. Speaking of which, your friend the cop has been leaving us alone lately.”

“Speaking of what? About being old or getting a hemorrhage?”

“About … on that subject. He does like to ruffle feathers.”

“He’s only doing his job, Flor.”

“Well, fine. Still, he could lay off a little.”

“If he laid off any more he’d be tucking me in at night.”

“I don’t know about you, but he’d certainly like to do that for me.”

“Why? Did he try something with you?”

“No. He just has that look about him. Women can always tell with men.”

Flor had bought Vieira a new belt. He was trying to stick it through the loops at the back of his pants. This was one of the operations that made his collarbone hurt.

“Flor, have you realized that everything in this story has happened to the wrong people?”

“Who was wrong?” she asked coming into the room wrapped up in a towel while she dried her hair with another one.

“All the people were wrong. The kid who was burned to death was killed by mistake. I’m almost sure that I was attacked by mistake. Now all that’s missing is to find out that Magali was killed by mistake.”

“Which wouldn’t bring her back.”

“No.”

“So why think about it?” She continued drying her hair but tossed the other towel onto the foot of the bed, standing there entirely nude. Vieira forgot what it was he’d been talking about.

He had never doubted Espinosa’s friendship, at least up till now. What he didn’t know was whom the cop actually suspected. Was it just standard procedure, or did Espinosa have doubts as to whether he had done it? And what was this about his checking out Flor? Didn’t he have his own girl, damn it?

“What girl, baby? Who are you talking about?”

“Nothing, dear. I’m just thinking out loud.”

Flor put on her panties and snapped on her bra. Vieira reflected on how similar these movements were to the ones he made to put on his belt, but she was infinitely more graceful and light and could pull them off without any effort. He wanted to use the rest of the afternoon to go to the Thirteenth Precinct to see if anything new had come up. Flor had finished dressing and was ready to go out.

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