Frantic (Black Gat Books Book 18) by Noel Calef

Author:Noel Calef [Calef, Noel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, General, Hard-Boiled
ISBN: 9781944520663
Publisher: Stark House Press
Published: 2020-03-21T11:00:00+00:00

Chapter XI

The innkeepers were having their Sunday after-dinner applejack, sprawling in the armchairs of their own lobby.

“I don’t trust ’em,” Mathilde said suddenly.

Charles raised one eyebrow into a fair imitation of a question mark.

She jerked her chin toward the ceiling.

“Your lovebirds. I don’t like the way they act.”

“Act how?”

“Hard to say. You never see ’em. Would you know ’em if you met ’em on the street?”

“On the street, I don’t know. If they came back here, yes.”

“Uh-huh,” she said. “So, if you never see ’em, that’s just the way it is, according to you. They slink around that room, they always stay in the shadows; if I bring up lunch, they just happen to be taking in the view at the window. All you ever see is their backs!”

“You said yourself she’s not his wife,” Charles said. “If he’s doing a little cheating, damn right he doesn’t want to be recognized.”

She shook her head and emptied her glass in one gulp.

“What the hell are they up to, locked in up there?”

Charles’ shoulders started shaking in silent laughter. She stamped her foot.

“Go see!” she commanded.

“Happy to,” he said.

He got up with an effort. Noiselessly, be went up the stairs. The keyhole showed him two bodies stretched on the bed. Perfectly still.

“Poor kids,” Charles thought, tenderly, “they’re asleep.”

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