What She Doesn't Know by Tina Wainscott

Author:Tina Wainscott [Wainscott, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780312984243
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2004-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

The afternoon skies had become cloudy again, and Rita pulled her coat around her as she made her way to St. Peter. Trash littered every surface, spilling out of full garbage cans and piling up in the gutters like so much dirty snow. The smell of refuse mixed with aromas from the hot dog vendor nearby.

The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end. She slowed down, looking from side to side. Nothing out of the ordinary. Well, for New Orleans anyway.

So why did she have the eerie feeling that someone was watching her? She surreptitiously glanced behind her and found that the crowds were thickening. Music floated out of restaurants and bars, jazz clashing with a dance beat. As she scoped around, a few people met her eyes. But this feeling wasn’t the kind one might have if someone were admiring her. This felt…different. Malevolent.

She glanced back again, but no one stood out. Or rather, everyone stood out. A woman in black tights with a purple and green leotard, a man wearing baggy black clothes and a fuzzy purple cap. A tall man wearing a cap covered with yellow, phallic-looking spikes. Oh, brother.

Maybe she was imagining it. Maybe she was just off-balance. She breathed out in relief when she saw the sign for St. Peter. Getting closer to Christopher.

The crowd was spilling out from Bourbon Street, with louder groups gathered below iron balconies—galleries—to beg for the beads others dangled from above. She migrated toward the crowd, hoping for safety in numbers. “Do you know where Pat O’Brien’s is?” she asked one woman.

“Right down there.” Barely distracted by Rita’s question, she lifted her shirt to reveal bare pendulous breasts as she danced for someone above. “Throw me some pearls!”

A din of shouting and whistles ensued, and as Rita slipped out of the crowd, something hard hit her on the head.

Then the world went black.

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