Specks of Dust: A Novel by Will Duncan
Author:Will Duncan [Duncan, Will]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-14T16:00:00+00:00
Mrs. Leibowitz did not answer the phone call from the Georgia police station. As soon as Umaru heard the beep, he lost everything he was preparing to say.
âUh, um, hello. Mrs. Leibowitz, this is Umaru. Iâm sorry. Iâm sorry. I do not know what to do. They said I have one phone call, and I only know you, so I called you. Iâthey arrested me, and even me, I do not know what to do. My face hurts, and I do not know what to do. I am sorry to bother you. Iâm sorry.â
âUmaru?â a tired voice asked.
âMrs. Leibowitz! Please help me!â There was an echo on the phone line, and the words âhelp meâ came back through the speaker. Umaru was taken aback by his own voice, how foreign it sounded.
âWhere are you, Umaru?â
Umaru looked up at Officer Whitener. âWhere am I?â
Whitener motioned for the phone. Umaru handed it to him, and he and Mrs. Leibowitz began to talk, with a lot of âyes, maâamâsâ and âno, maâamâsâ dotting the conversation. There were some things that they were âtaking care ofâ and âmaking sure ofâ and how ânothing is set until the judge comes in tomorrow morning.â After several long minutes, he handed the phone back to Umaru.
âMrs. Leibowitz, what is happening to me?â
âDonât worry, Umaru. Weâll take care of it. Hereâs what I want you to do, okay? Listen to the cops, but donât say anything, okay? Donât admit to anything. Donât answer any more of their questions. They might threaten you, but donât answer their questions. Weâll make sure you get a lawyer, and weâll get this whole thing sorted out. Be patient. Do you understand?â
âI think so.â
âWhat do you do if they ask you a question?â
âDo not answer it.â
âGood. Okay, Umaru, Iâm going to go, but donât worry, okay? Weâre working on it. Youâre not alone.â
âOkay,â Umaru said. âThank you.â
She hung up. Umaru slowly set the phone down. Whitener motioned to the other cop to escort him back.
When Umaru was returned to the cell, they took Marcus to make his phone call. Umaru remained standing.
âYour call actually took a little while,â Julian said after the door shut. âDid someone answer?â
âYes,â Umaru said.
âDamn, I wouldnât have expected that.â
Umaru hadnât expected it either, though he had reason to. If she knew Umaru was calling, she would answer, and her sleep was already quite scattered. He remembered hearing her pacing the hallways of her condo in the predawn hours, the shuffling of slippers against the tiled floors, the sound of the faucet running water through its cold pipes. She didnât know how little he slept, that he heard the crackling of a pill bottle and felt the readjustment of the thermostat.
........
Even when he first met Mrs. Leibowitz, during his job interview in the lobby of the synagogue, the worn creases around her mouth and the two flaps of skin dangling from her neck signaled to Umaru that she was constantly in action. She was holding a stack of papers
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