Memory of Darkness by P. A. Brown

Author:P. A. Brown [Brown, P. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary
ISBN: 9781602725706
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Amazon: 1602728410
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Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2009-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Tyler thawed out steaks for supper, which he cooked to perfection on a grill in his sprawling backyard. The yard lay on the slopes of the Hollywood Hills. He told me if you climbed to the top of his property, you could see the Hollywood sign. Columbo followed me around, lying at my feet whenever I sat. The dog was clearly smitten. I couldn’t say I returned the feeling. He liked to rub his massive head against my still-bare feet. Apparently, I now had a friend for life whether I wanted one or not.

Tyler was amused. “I think he wants you to stick around.”

I grinned, not at all adverse to the idea—for the moment at least. If I had to hide out from the law, Tyler’s Hollywood Hills home, full of expensive art and good beer, worked for me. Not to mention the presence of a decidedly delicious cock to snack on 125

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between meals.

It was funny. If I had met Tyler in a club down on the flats, I would have ignored him. He definitely wasn’t eye candy, and while he had a killer body under his plain clothes, along with a sweet personality, who looked at those things when scouting for cock? For me it was ass and face all the way.

Not that Tyler didn’t have a sweet ass, but he didn’t showcase it, so nobody but me knew about it. Come to think of it, that might not be a bad thing.

After supper, we sat in the living room. We didn’t need words to decide not to watch any more news. After a while, I rubbed my chin, feeling the rasp of day-old beard. “I need to round up a razor before I start looking like Columbo’s country cousin.”

“I don’t know…I like a beard on a man. Besides”—he suddenly sat up—”wouldn’t it be a good idea to change your appearance? They’re flashing your picture all over the place whenever they replay the murder story. You can’t stay in here all the time if you’re serious about finding this woman.”

He made sense. Maybe changing my looks a bit wouldn’t fool the cops, who were trained to look for differences like that, but the average Joe on the street might be fooled.

“You could wear one of my hats, too. And keep wearing my clothes—” At my alarmed look he conceded. “Okay, not the pink sweater, though you have to admit no one would expect to see you in it.”

“Next thing you’ll be dressing me up in drag.”

“Nah, but I’d keep the pink if I were you.” I was dismayed to find Tyler looking me over like I was a side of beef. “I think I have the perfect pants for you,” he went on. “Your own mother wouldn’t recognize you.”

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Not necessarily a bad thing. I’d love a world where my own mother didn’t know me. Then it hit me. Is that how it was for Mark? Did he wish I didn’t know him, that I would stay away permanently? Now there was a depressing thought.

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