Harlem by Eric Jerome Dickey

Author:Eric Jerome Dickey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

I WALKED AROUND the room most of the evening. The babbling voices of other patients echoed in the halls. Screams. Curses. I think somebody got unruly and the orderlies had to subdue them. My joints were stiffer than I hoped. I stretched for twenty minutes. At eight o’clock, I used the bathroom to lighten my load, then took a nap.

FIFTEEN

KEYS RATTLED, THEN my door clicked open at eleven fifty-eight. Lights from the hall cast a long shadow across my dark room. The ceiling light clicked on. The Hispanic-looking orderly, what’s-his-face, came in with a cup of water and some pills. I pretended I was asleep until he called my name. I sat up and looked at him. He wasn’t Hispanic. A light-skinned black man with sleepy, slanted eyes. Never even noticed that mutt before. Name tag read “Kevin.”

He watched to make sure I took my pills, then headed back for the door. Right before he put his hand on the still-cracked door, it hit me. My last medication was at eight. Always at eight. This was how Daphane arranged it. Must’ve changed my charts.

Before he could get the door opened, I had grabbed him from behind. I cupped the back of his head with the palm of my right hand and shoved his head deep into the wall. The wall wasn’t hard enough to crack his cranium, but was sturdy enough to leave him KO’d. Kevin didn’t even have time to scream. He looked so peaceful. Sweet dreams.

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