Shame the Devil by George Pelecanos

Author:George Pelecanos [PELECANOS, GEORGE P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316073806
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dimitri Karras propped himself up on one elbow and kissed Stephanie Maroulis on the mouth. He looked at her lush figure on the bed and ran his hand down her arm.

“I guess I’m not much good tonight,” she said.

“It’s okay. This is good. We can just do this.”

“You sure?” Stephanie smiled weakly as she reached down and brushed her fingers down the shaft of his hardening cock. “Because you’re mouth is saying one thing and your body’s telling me something else.”

Karras grinned crookedly.

Stephanie turned and looked at the photograph of Steve Maroulis on the nightstand. “You know, it wasn’t like me to get that way in the meeting. I’ve been doing pretty well up to now, don’t you think?”

“Yes.”

“But there was something about Bill Jonas being there that made me want to talk about it. About how it was for Steve, at the end.”

“I know.”

Stephanie had told the group how her husband had been robbed many years before at an after-hours, high-stakes card game down off New York Avenue, near the Henley Park Hotel. The gunmen had made the gamblers put their heads down on the carpet. Steve had been the last to comply; he thought that if he were to put his head down, they’d kill him. His fear was so great that he’d fouled himself that night. He had told Stephanie that putting his head down was the hardest thing he’d ever done.

“I didn’t mean to cry,” said Stephanie. “It’s just, when I was telling it, I could imagine seeing him there in that kitchen, how afraid he must have been.… I couldn’t help myself, Dimitri.”

“I know,” repeated Karras. Her hair had fallen across her cheek, and he brushed it away. “I’ve been thinking of you these last few days, Stephanie. What I mean to say is, you’ve been in my head. I know this is supposed to be a once-a-week thing, us being together. But I was looking forward to seeing you tonight. I was hoping this night would come sooner, understand? I’m not certain that I know what it means.”

“I’ve been thinking of you, too.”

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