The Complete Short Fiction of Charles L. Grant Volume 3: Dialing the Wind (Neccon Classic Horror) by Grant Charles L

Author:Grant, Charles L. [Grant, Charles L.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Necon Ebooks
Published: 2012-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

He dressed slowly. She didn’t dress at all.

He unlocked the door and poked his head out; Lois was gone, the light through the front windows giving a brief impression that the whole room was covered with dust. He shook his head. The dust cleared.

He turned around.

Nancy was sitting on the edge of the desk, dress covering her lap. “They won’t arrest you,” she said. Her eyes were bright.

“I know. But I have to admit it’s getting a little scary. You’re going to have to talk to the police, Nancy. They need to know where I was.”

The telephone rang on the floor.

“If I have to,” she said, and slipped her arms into the sleeves.

The telephone rang.

He considered ignoring it, knelt beside it instead and grabbed up the receiver.

“Mr. Kanfield?” It was Rowan. “Yes.”

“Mr. Kanfield, that woman — ”

“Is here with me now,” he said, settling on the floor. “I’ll have her over in a few minutes so you can ask her your questions and get off my back.”

“Sir?”

He groaned silently at the man’s lack of perception.

“The woman I was with the other day, remember? You asked me about her not an hour ago.”

“Oh.” Muffled voices in the background; someone shouting. “That’s just fine, Mr. Kanfield, thank you. But I was going to say that the woman who lives behind you, a Mrs. Helen Yorr, has filed a complaint against you, and I think you’d better call that lawyer of yours.”

He sat up abruptly, scowling. “Complaint? Complaint for what? Kicking her goddamn dog?” He looked up to Nancy; she wasn’t there.

“No sir.”

He stood awkwardly. She wasn’t in the office.

“For killing them.”

Neither was she in the outer office.

“Someone cut their throats early this morning.”

He covered the mouthpiece with one hand. “Nancy?”

“And cut off their legs.”

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