Primal Threat: A Novel by Earl W. Emerson

Author:Earl W. Emerson [Emerson, Earl W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, General
ISBN: 9780345492999
Google: BUovmQEACAAJ
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2008-07-15T11:24:10+00:00

The afternoon after Stacy’s date, Zak found himself on the front porch of the Newcastle estate in Clyde Hill, having been asked by the Hispanic woman who answered the door to wait outside for Nadine. During the few moments the front door was open, Zak heard shouting inside, one voice that was distinctly Nadine’s, another just as distinctly her father’s.

Moments after the maid closed the door, Kasey Newcastle exploded out of the house and stomped over to his Porsche, picked up a garden hose, and began spraying the windshield. If he noticed Zak, he didn’t let on. Zak couldn’t help noting he had a black eye.

Finally, Kasey spoke without looking at him. “Nadine used to collect lost pets. We had a stray parrot in the house for almost a year. She grew out of it. She’ll grow out of you, too.”

“Where’d you get the shiner?”

Newcastle reached for his eye. “Caught an elbow playing basketball, if it’s any business of yours.”

He left the water running, fired up the Porsche, and roared out of the driveway, narrowly missing Zak’s van. Moments later Nadine appeared and chirped, “Have you been waiting long?”

“Not long at all. I was having a nice little chat with your brother.”

Nadine walked over and turned off the water faucet. “He’s been in a foul mood all day.”

“I thought I heard arguing inside.”

“Yes, you probably did. Everybody’s in a bad mood. I won’t dance around it. My dad and I were fighting. Daddy doesn’t want me going out with you anymore.”

“Why not?”

“He thinks we’re not right for each other. How would he know? He hardly knows you. Plus, he thinks you’re after my money. I don’t even have any money.”

“You will have.”

“But that’s not why you’re going out with me.”

“No? Why am I going out with you?”

“Because you like getting slaughtered at tennis.” She laughed at the look on his face, and after a few moments he laughed, too.

“You still want to go out with me?”

“Daddy says he doesn’t think you’re good enough for me and that any other guy in your position would bow out politely. He said you simply don’t have the common sense to select yourself out. He thinks life is this Darwinian thing. Well, it’s not worth talking about, because I don’t listen to him anymore. Of course I’m going out with you.”

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