Alex Cross 04: Cat & Mouse by James Patterson

Author:James Patterson [Patterson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 66

I COULD STILL FEEL Christine's body against me, smell her new Donna Karan perfume, hear the special music of her voice. Sometimes you just get lucky in life. Sometimes the universe takes care of you pretty good. I wandered back to the party taking place in my house.

Several of my detective friends were still hanging out, including Sampson. There was a joke going around about Soneji having "angel lust." "Angel lust" was what they called cadavers at the morgue with an erection. The party was going there.

Sampson and I drank way too much beer, and then some B&B on the back porch steps - after everyone else was long gone.

"Now that was a hell of a party," Two-John said. "The all singing, all-dancing model."

"It was pretty damn good. Of course, we are still standing. Sitting up anyway. I feel real good, but I'm going to feel pretty bad."

Sampson was grinning and his shades were placed slightly crooked on his face. His huge elbows rested on his knees. You could strike a match on his arms or legs, probably even on his head.

I'm proud of you, man. We all are. You definitely got the twenty-thousand-pound gorilla off your back. I haven't seen you smiling so much in a long, long while. More I see of Ms. Christine Johnson, the more I like her, and I liked her to begin with."

We were on the porch steps, looking over Nana's garden of wildflowers, her roses that bloomed so abundantly, and garden lilies, looking over the remains of the party, all that food and booze.

It was late. It was already tomorrow. The wildflower garden had been there since we were little kids. The smell of bonemeal and fresh dirt seemed particularly ageless and reassuring that night.

"You remember the first summer we met?" I asked John. "You called me watermelon-ass, which burned me, because it was complete bullshit. I had a tight butt, even then."

"We tangled good in Nana's garden, right in the brier patch over yonder. I couldn't believe you would tangle with me. Nobody else would do that, still don't. Even back then you didn't know your limitations."

I smiled at Sampson. He finally had taken off his shades. It always surprises me how sensitive and warm his eyes are. "You call me watermelon-ass, we'll tangle again."

Sampson continued to nod and grin. Come to think of it, I hadn't seen him smiling so much in a long while. Life was good tonight. The best it had been in a while.

"You really like Ms. Christine. I think you've found yourself another special person. I'm sure of it. You're down for the count, champ."

"You jealous?" I asked him.

"Yeah, of course I am. Damn straight. Christine is all that and a bag of chips. But I would just fuck it up if I ever found somebody sweet and nice like that. You're easy to be with, Sugar. Always have been, even when you had your little watermelon-ass. Tough when you have to be, but you can show your feelings, too.

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