Husk by Dave Zeltserman

Author:Dave Zeltserman [Dave Zeltserman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2018-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

For the next two days I fell into a routine, which began with preparing a meal for myself and Jill before leaving for work. Other than a short exchange of greetings with Eduardo, who’d seemed genuinely surprised when I showed up twenty minutes early as promised, I’d do my work quietly until four o’clock without speaking to anyone other than Chris, who barked orders at me a few times each day, and afterwards I’d search the East Flatbush neighborhood without any luck.

When I made the early morning meal for Jill and myself, I didn’t expect her to join me. I knew it was early for her and planned to simply have her meal waiting for her. But she insisted on joining me, saying that it gave her a chance to see me since she now had less available time due to getting busier with school and work. Each morning she kissed me passionately before we parted, which made me even more determined to find the thick-jawed man who I was convinced could tell me the secret of keeping the cravings at bay.

Wednesday night Jill had school and work commitments until nine-thirty, which gave me more time to search, fruitlessly, for my quarry. When Jill and I met that night, we walked around her neighborhood together, her hand quickly slipping into mine. Later, when we returned to her apartment, she played more of her favorite Mozart music, and leaned against me on the couch while she read one of her psychology books and I engaged myself with one of her novels. It was soothing feeling her body next to mine, and feeling her soft, rhythmic breathing. The cravings were getting worse each day, but when I was with Jill I noticed them less.

Later, when Jill went to bed, I turned the television set on low so I could watch the news. I learned that they had found the round-faced bearded man, in Vermont. The police were convinced that he had murdered the well-fed man, but his lawyer stated that they would fight having him brought to New York. The district attorney spoke to the news reporters, saying their case against this man was a strong one and they expected to have him indicted in a New York court soon. No other photographs were shown, and I was beginning to believe no others existed. That night the news report gave only a short mention of the police officer I’d killed, and that was only regarding his funeral.

Thursday night I met Jill back at her apartment at nine o’clock, as we had arranged, and her friend Brittany was there also. The two of them were planning to go to a bar for drinks, and Jill wanted me to join them.

‘It will give you two a chance to sort of start over and get to know each other better.’

‘Hey, we were fine before,’ Brittany insisted, as she gave me the kind of look a bobcat might give a slow-moving bird. ‘Best buds already. Right, Charlie?’

I felt the cravings gnawing deeper into my skull as I nodded in false agreement.

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