Death's Dark Abyss

Author:Massimo Carlotto
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Europa Editions

The next morning, before I went back to Siviero’s house, I drove by the cleaners. The shop was open, and he was helping a few customers.

I parked in front of the driveway at the house. The woman’s Smart was in the garden.

Daniela was dressed like the night before. She led me into the living room without once looking me in the face.

“Make me a coffee.”

I followed her to the kitchen and sat at the table. “Why don’t you have children?”

“We tried, but they didn’t come.”

“How’d you meet him?”

“I used to do manicures at the barber shop where Oreste would go.”

“You knew he was a robber?”

“I heard some talk.”

“In other words, you knew. And you married him just the same?”

“I loved him then, and I still do now.”

“Even though he’s ready to pimp you out to avoid going to prison?”

“It’s no big deal,” was her comeback. “I used to give blow jobs in the rear of the shop for extra cash. Anyway I’m only doing it for him. At forty-three I couldn’t deal with the consequences of his arrest. I’d lose everything, the house, the shop, respectability. Going to bed with you is really getting off cheap.”

“How did it make you feel to find out your husband killed an eight-year-old kid and his mamma?”

She shrugged. “Oreste says it wasn’t him who did it. He insists Beggiato flipped out and started shooting for no reason. And I believe him,” she said as she poured the coffee into a cup. “Besides, it happened so long ago. Like I told you yesterday, he’s different now. He was a petty crook who lucked into something much bigger than he ever expected, and this changed him. He’s sorry for what he did.”

I felt the rage rising from my stomach to my brain. My eyes filled with spots, and I was worried about feeling sick. This broad was really more than I could take. She was utter shit. “He’s sorry? So far I haven’t heard him say a single word about my wife and son.”

The rage turned into an icy desire to do some harm to her. I drank the coffee in one gulp. “Get up to the bedroom, quick.”

Daniela left the kitchen and went up the stairs. The room was at the end of a hallway. The bed had been made. I tore off the spread. The sheets were fresh. She kept her arms pressed tight to her body. I moved away from her and headed towards the dresser. I opened the drawers till I found the one that contained her underwear. I started tossing things to the floor, panties, bras, stockings. I found a sheer negligé, pearl grey, and a pair of thigh-highs the same color. I threw them at her. “Put them on.”

While Siviero’s wife took off her clothes, I opened the built-in wardrobe and threw everything in the air. Then I trampled on the clothes and started to kick them around. When I stopped, I saw her standing at the foot of the bed in the negligé and stockings.

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