[The Darkwing Chronicles 03] - Beneath the Skin

Author:Savannah Russe
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Signet Eclipse
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Cormac helped me carry the three cartons up to my apartment while J sat in front of my building in his truck with the motor running. Cormac grinned like a fool all the way up in the elevator, and he was humming "Memory" from Cats. As we walked into my apartment, I asked, "And just what are you so damned happy about, Cormac? This has been one hell of a night."

He looked at me and smiled even wider. "You know what, Daphne? All I can think about is that I never have to set foot inside Opus Dei headquarters again. I'm out of that fucking place forever."

Then his face got more serious. "Shit, Daphne, in the end the building itself tried to kill me, kill all of us, but God knows it was slowly grinding me down and eating me up before that. I can't tell you how cold I felt sitting there night after night. I felt as if the bricks themselves crushed the life out of everybody who walked in there. Look, I know that building is supposed to be a place of God, but all I saw was oppression and pain—and people who got off on pain in the guise of being devout Catholics."

His voice had turned hard. "Daphne, I cannot believe that suffering is necessary to be a spiritual person. I don't think a loving deity would demand that of anyone." Anger took the place of his former joy. "So you know what, Daphne? Bottom line? I think they're full of shit."

Then he shook his head and smiled again. "Oh, hell, who cares anymore? I'm done!" Grinning widely, he actually pirouetted right there in my vestibule. "Whooeee," he yelled. "We beat it! Beat them! Opus Dei didn't get me. I'm still here. I'm still here!"

With that Cormac hugged me. I sort of hugged him back, but he had taken me by surprise. And as he went out the front door, he hesitated and popped his head back in.

"Daphne? I know you're going to go through those boxes before your mother shows up. I just risked my neck to get them, and I expect you to share." Then he sent me an air kiss and closed the door.

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