Marilyn K - The House Next Door by Lionel White

Author:Lionel White [White, Lionel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zenit champion!
ISBN: 9781933586878
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Len Neilson couldn’t imagine why Allie had moved the chair. It wasn’t, actually, a chair at all, but more of a chaise lounge. When he and Allie had been married it was the one thing Allie had taken along from her family’s hotel apartment. She’d had the chaise in her own bedroom and she’d grown attached to it. As she said to Len, “I know it’s pretty horrible, darling, but I’ve always liked it. We can have it done over in a corduroy, or one of those new crash materials, and it won’t look too awful.”

Len hadn’t objected at all, in spite of the fact that the thing took up way too much space for the small bedroom. But Allie liked it and would spend a short time each afternoon cuddled up in it while little Bill had his nap and she caught up with her sewing. Len himself had to admit that it made a convenient catchall on which to toss his clothes when he undressed before going to bed.

He didn’t want to awaken Allie, so now, moving as carefully as he could, he fumbled around in the dark, brushing heavily against the end of the double bed, as he reached out blindly to find the chaise. He figured that he’d just lie down on it for a while and grab a catnap. He didn’t want to climb into bed with Allie for fear he’d disturb her.

He knew he was still pretty tight, but he was beginning to come to a little. He felt pretty bad about getting as drunk as he had, but he wasn’t used to heavy drinking and also, he couldn’t honestly see how it could have been avoided. He just hoped to God that he hadn’t made a complete fool of himself.

But he still couldn’t understand what had happened that goddamned chaise.

He gave up trying after a minute or two, as, standing near the end of the bed, he carefully began undressing. Once or twice, while he bent over to untie his shoelaces, he almost lost his balance. When the knots failed to yield, he merely forced the shoes off his feet. He dropped one heavily to the floor, and then, remembering the old gag, stood with the other one in his hand and grinned foolishly in the dark.

He managed to get his coat and shirt off and he was beginning to feel pretty dizzy again. For a moment it occurred to him to go to the bathroom, but he was afraid he couldn’t make it. He decided to j ust sit on the end of the bed for a minute and sort of catch his breath.

He reached around until he found the edge of the bed and sat down. A second later, he leaned back, his feet and legs hanging over the end of the bed. Ina moment his eyes closed.

It was probably because of his unusual and cramped position that he woke I up within less than a couple of hours.

The first thing he noticed was the slit of moon staring at him through the window.

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