The Rise and Fall of the Gallivanters by M. J. Beaufrand

Author:M. J. Beaufrand
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2015-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

It’s crazy what you think about in times like that. Even as I cleaned pieces of his head off the walls, I thought: Shit, this’ll never come out. Dad’s gonna kill me. I didn’t think even once that it was over, that Dad was on the floor without a jaw or a brain, because I’d covered it with a towel.

I’d forgotten that Evan was coming by later so we could shoot hoops. I’d forgotten I’d left the front door unlocked. So I only knew he was there when I heard him say, “My god, Noah. What have you done?”

I turned around. I was wearing rubber gloves and holding a bloody sponge. There was a bucket of water at my feet that was bright pink.

And there was what was left of Dad.

To this day I don’t know what Evan saw in my face. I don’t know if he changed his mind about my guilt, or if he didn’t care. He disappeared into the garage and came back with the other giant sponge and a bucket of bleach. “You’re using dishwashing liquid,” he said. “It’ll never come out.”

And he started helping me clean.

After about an hour, he said, “I think that’s the best we can do. I’d better get Idiot Willy before your mom and sister come home. They’re not gonna want to see this.”

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