The Night Remembers by Ed Gorman

Author:Ed Gorman [Gorman, Ed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery & Crime
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

On the other side of the door you could hear Barry Manilow complaining about how various people had done him wrong and he was getting tired of it. That was a modest joke between Faith and me, anyway—she says that Tony Bennett (who I like) always sounds drunk, and I say that Manilow (who she likes) is always complaining. About the only singer we like in common is Elvis Presley. When you had two teenagers, you learned to like Elvis. You didn’t have much choice.

When she opened my door, she put a shushing finger to her lips. “Hoyt’s asleep.”

I nodded and went in and noticed immediately how hard she’d been working all day. Everything had been dusted, set right, picked up, polished. The place looked great.

There was even a frilly white apron tied around her lovely hips. She’d once told me she considered aprons the ultimate symbol of a woman’s subjugation. She must have changed her mind.

She came up and kissed me gently on the lips and said, in a half-whisper, “Do you suppose we could make love? I mean, is this the right time to ask you?”

I smiled. “I guess we could find out.”

“Could I ask you something, though?”

“Sure.”

“Don’t touch my breasts. I think I’ll just leave this blouse on if you don’t mind.”

“Fine, hon. Fine.”

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