Angel of the Underground by Andreas David;

Author:Andreas, David;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc. (Tier 3)
Published: 2017-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER V

In the morning, exhausted from lousy sleep and parched with thirst, I tread upstairs for a glass of orange juice. I almost back out of the kitchen when I see Lori at the counter pouring coffee into a thermos, but I press on. She speeds up her actions when she notices me, yet I still say to her, “Good morning.”

Without an ounce of joy she replies, “Morning.”

“Off to work?” She rolls her eyes, a clear indication she doesn’t want to talk to me, but I’m curious how far she’ll go in dismissing me. “May I ask what you do?”

Lori sets the thermos down with an annoyed huff, and laughs to herself before saying, “I work at a public library. I was recently requisitioned to computerize the corrupted card catalog, again, but I spend most of my day fixing the bullshit nobody around me knows how to take care of. I work on a strict deadline but nothing ever seems to get done. Happy?” I don’t say anything. I look away and assume she’ll leave without saying goodbye. She obviously doesn’t want to like me, but I refuse to take offense because she never tries. I wonder why she agreed to let me stay in her house.

Surprisingly, she continues with, “So what’s your big plan in life? Have any dreams a marriage will ruin?”

“To tell you the truth, I’m not sure I’ll outlive the week.”

A modest amount of concern crosses her face. I’m stunned she can emote. “You make a good point. Especially living in the basement. God starts at the bottom, doesn’t he?” She picks up her thermos and leaves. Feeling neither delighted nor dispirited that she spoke to me, I fix a glass of juice and go back to my room, where Dennis is awake and staring at the ceiling with exhausted eyes.

“How did you sleep?” he asks.

“Not great,” I reply. “I’m glad those cops didn’t find anyone, but I couldn’t keep from thinking someone was watching us. Are there curtains around here?”

“There’s plenty in a closet down the hall.” He stands and stretches hard, as anyone would after spending the night on a floor. “Are you up, or are you going back to bed?”

“I’m up.”

“You want to do the curtains now? We just have to get tools from the garage.”

“Sounds like a plan. I’ll get dressed and meet you upstairs. Bring your baseball glove. I need to throw.” He gives me a thumbs up and leaves for his room.

I head out back with my mitt while Dennis scrounges around in the garage for a screwdriver and matching screws. I wander to the side of the house, near my bedroom window, hoping to find evidence of the prowler, but nothing in the area suggests anyone has recently been here.

“Ten bucks says it was Jeremy,” Dennis says while approaching me. “He knows how close you are to a nun.”

“I realize he’s deranged,” I say, “but why would he go out of his way to get a habit for a five second joke?”

“He might have found one in the house.

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