HC Robert Parker - Sunny Randall Omnibus by Robert Parker

Author:Robert Parker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 65

We sat at a round, glass-topped table in Richie's kitchen, while Rosie slept on the couch in the living room.

What if the Dilazaplin doesn't work? Richie said.

I'm assured that it will, I said.

On Xactil, yes. What if he uses something else?

You rush in and save me.

And how do I know whether you need saving or not?

That's one of the things we need to figure out, I said.

Richie nodded and leaned back in his chair with his hands clasped behind his head. His arms were very muscular. That wasn't anything new. Why was I noticing it now? Why was I thinking about why I was noticing it? Maybe I should see a psychiatrist.

I need to know the layout there, Richie said.

We'll walk through it, I said. It will help me visualize.

Visualize, Richie said.

Sorry, I said. I've been seeing a lot of shrinks lately.

Pretty soon, Richie said, you may be seeing one less.

I hope, I said.

We stood and walked into the living room. Rosie was snoring. She opened her eyes long enough to see that we were doing nothing that involved a ball or a cookie, and closed them again and resumed snoring.

His house faces the street. A big Victorian with a front porch.

Two stories?

Two plus an attic. There could be rooms in the attic. The office is in the back. There's a path We began to walk across the living room. I turned right past the coffee table, and opened an imaginary door. I go in.

The door's unlocked? Richie said.

Yes. There's a small waiting room and a stairway. The office is on the second floor.

How do you know when it's time to go up?

He comes to the top of the stairs and says 'come on' or some such.

Can he see the whole waiting room from the stairs?

No. Over here is out of sight of the stairwell.

Okay, Richie said, so he says 'come on' and you go up.

The stairwell turns at a landing. I walked back across the living room, gesturing directions with my open right hand. At the top of the stairs there's a hall, you turn right I did and go in his office. I took two steps and stopped. He holds the door for me and closes it when I come in. His desk is sort of right there I gestured slightly to my right and he sits and I sit facing him in a chair. The couch is behind me.

How's the room run? Richie said.

What do you mean?

I mean is it more or less an extension of the hall or is it like the cross of a T?

T, I said.

Tell me about the hall.

I closed my eyes, and gestured. Runs down to the left. Door at the end. Door to the left of the stairs. Door across the hall.

Richie got a Bic pen and a yellow pad of blue-lined paper from a drawer.

Draw it, he said.

I sat at the table again and sketched it out. The drawing is pretty bad, I said.

It is, Richie said. Where's the couch in his office?

To the left when you enter.

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