Live Girls by Ray Garton

Author:Ray Garton
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 1986-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Vernon Macy wadded up the smock and, still smiling, tossed it onto the counter. He wore dark blue slacks, immaculately pressed, as always, and a salmon-pink shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows.

“I heard you were coming,” he said. “Malcolm mentioned your name earlier. He said Ethan Collier had called ahead for you. Malcolm was annoyed, but then”—he chuckled—“he always is, it seems."

Benedek had almost forgotten how unnervingly soft his brother-in-law's voice was; his sibilant S's had always set Benedek's teeth on edge. Macy's speech, however, was not as discomforting as the smile Benedek saw on his face then. It was content and at ease, a genuinely happy smile.

“Doris used to tell me you're a very clever, sneaky man, Walter,” Macy went on. “So when I heard you were coming, I knew you were looking for me. I don't know what led you here, but that doesn't matter. I knew you'd find me.” He lifted one of the trays from the counter and carried it to a refrigerator. The vacutaner tubes clinked together gently as he moved across the room. Opening the refrigerator and sliding the tray onto a shelf, he said, “Doris spoke of you often, you know. If you weren't her brother”—he smiled at Benedek over his shoulder—“I think I would've been very jealous.” He turned from the refrigerator for another tray.

Benedek's throat burned with anger. The ease with which Macy spoke of Doris made Benedek want to throw up.

“He's a good man,” Doris had told him upon announcing she'd decided to marry Vernon Macy. “He'll make a good life for me, Walter. And I love him."

Arranging the trays on the refrigerator shelves, Macy said, “You were very dear to your sister, Walter. She was always terribly sorry that you and I didn't get on better. I remember saying to her once that we—"

Before he fully realized what he was doing, Benedek dove toward the man from behind; a strangled sound squeezed from his throat as he joined his hands together and raised them to begin beating on the back of Macy's neck.

The soft little man spun around with surprising speed and grabbed Benedek's arms, holding them up firmly. Macy snapped his mouth open wide and hissed like a cat.

Two long, sharp teeth gleamed.

Benedek tried to pull back, but Macy's pudgy hands were stronger than he anticipated.

“Relax, Walter,” Macy whispered. “Let's talk."

Benedek stared with disbelief at the now unfamiliar face. “What the fuck's happened to you, Vernon?” Benedek breathed. “What's wrong with you?"

He smiled, slowly lowering Benedek's arms. “Nothing is wrong, Walter."

“You killed your wife and daughter,” Benedek snapped, pulling his arms away and stepping back, "something's sure as hell wrong!"

Macy's smile faltered as he moved away from the refrigerator, letting the door slowly swing closed. He went to the counter, to rows of empty, clean tubes laid out on a cloth. He began putting them, one by one, on an empty tray. “I had to do that. She kept hounding me and .

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