Strangers on a Handball Court by Block Lawrence

Author:Block, Lawrence [Block, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Lawrence Block
Published: 2013-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

I LEFT MY house Wednesday night at half past seven. I drove a few blocks to a drugstore and bought a couple of magazines, then went to a men’s shop next door and looked at sport shirts. The two shirts I liked weren’t in stock in my size. The clerk offered to order them for me but I thought it over and told him not to bother. “I like them,” I said, “but I’m not absolutely crazy about them.”

I returned to my house. My handball partner’s car was parked diagonally across the street. I parked my own car in the driveway and used my key to let myself in the front door. From the doorway I cleared my throat, and he spun around to face me, his eyes bulging out of his head.

I pointed to the body on the couch. “Is she dead?”

“Stone dead. She fought and I hit her too hard . . .” He flushed a deep red, then he blinked. “But what are you doing here? Don’t you remember how we planned it? I don’t understand why you came here tonight of all nights.”

“I came here because I live here,” I said. “George, I’d love to explain but there’s no time. I wish there were time but there isn’t.”

I took the revolver from my pocket and shot him in the face.

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