The Death of a Constant Lover (The Nick Hoffman Mysteries) by Raphael Lev

Author:Raphael, Lev [Raphael, Lev]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: comic mystery, Academic mystery, gay mystery
Publisher: Lev Raphael
Published: 2011-10-14T22:00:00+00:00

THE FIRST FEW moments Friday morning, now a full week after Jesse was killed, were even more uncomfortable. When I staggered, squinting, toward the bathroom, Stefan was emerging, and we avoided each other’s eyes, abashed by the unusual hostility that had broken out between us the night before. But each moment that prolonged the tension worried me. How long would this estrangement last? Would we have to do couples counseling?

In the kitchen we set out plates, bowls, and glasses, filled everything just like on a normal day of breakfasting together, but silently, as if in parody of some monastic order. We ate without talking, but read separate sections of the New York Times, having moved about the kitchen careful to avoid bumping into each other, as if even the slightest physical contact would reignite last night’s brawl.

When the doorbell unaccountably rang, I said, “I’ll get it,” though not right at Stefan, and it was a relief for me to leave the table.

Lucille was there, her face pained and drawn. I was about to apologize to her for not having been supportive at the EAR meeting when she put a finger to my lips and pointed across the street to her house. I saw to my amazement that her living room window bore a jagged slashing hole, which seemed even larger when someone driving by slowed down, clearly startled, to stare at it.

“There’s been an escalation,” she said. “I guess whoever it was got tired of the Post Office. This time the message was a brick.

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