Elegant Black by M.L. Bullock

Author:M.L. Bullock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: rock and roll, vampires, 1970s, vampire, vampire fantasy, rock n roll, New York
Publisher: M.L. Bullock
Published: 2019-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve—Levi

ONE OF THE OFFICERS offered to give me a ride home, but after spending all day with those guys, I wasn’t really in the mood to hang out with more cops. It sickened me to know that anyone could believe I’d killed my sister or harmed Lisa in any way. My mind turned over that weird experience with the Creep on the bus, him staring at my mother from the street, someone (surely him, right?) breaking into Deb’s room. Why weren’t they after him? Even as I pondered that, I knew what they believed—that the Creep was a figment of my imagination, evidence of some kind of psychosis. In fact, Reynolds encouraged me to see a shrink; they’d even provide one for free. Yeah, right. That guy wanted to do nothing more than put a noose around my neck. Meantime, Lisa was out there somewhere! The cops had taken Naomi home hours ago, and no doubt she had no problem leaving me behind. She probably believed that I murdered Debbie. God, I wanted to die. A kind of darkness fell on me, the kind that probed at my mind, that encouraged me to give up, but I couldn’t. Not yet. Twenty blocks to my house? It was well past dark, probably eight or nine o’clock, but I looked forward to the walk. I had so much to think about and all of it horrible.

Debbie! I let you down, little sister. I wish it had been me.

“Debbie!”

I paused on the sidewalk, but nothing stirred and no one was out except a garbage truck that rolled by and left a smelly trail in its wake. Who could be calling for Debbie? I mean, I knew there were hundreds of people named Debbie in the tristate area, but just when I thought about her, just when I spoke to her...Who was that? I turned around awkwardly but still couldn’t see anyone. Not a single soul. Which was also weird. I kept walking. The one person who depended on me, the one person who needed me. I let her down, and now she was dead. I would never forget the image of my sister’s pale face, her body lying perfectly still on the gurney.

Those few seconds, waiting for the sheet to move, I believed I would see her breathing, the rise and fall of her chest; that maybe she would get up and say, “Ha ha, Levi! Gotcha!” It felt wrong to leave the police station without her. I would have to talk to Naomi about the arrangements; I couldn’t do this by myself. I’d been so immersed in my thoughts that I didn’t immediately notice the car that rolled along beside me slowly. Clearly this guy wasn’t a good detective; after trailing me for half a block, he sailed past me and sloppily slung the vehicle into an empty parking spot and cut its lights off. The guy who got out of the car was undoubtedly not a cop. He wore a rumpled pale blue suit and a goofy hat.

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