Twin Cities Noir by Julie Schaper

Author:Julie Schaper
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: akashic books
Published: 2009-11-24T23:00:00+00:00

Hours later, her voice dragged Neil out of a deep sleep.

“I’m warning you, Hank! If you ever do that again!”

“You’re warning me, huh? Well, bitch, what are you gonna do about it? Just what are you gonna do?”

The hands of Neil’s alarm clock hung suspended, green phosphorescence in the dark, spelling out the time—3:00 a.m.

“Damn it, Hank! I’m warning you…”

Slumped on the bed, Becky saw and tried not to see the ruined room, walls and ugly beige carpet smeared with the remains of the fruit and vegetables. What was worse was the pulp smashed in her hair and down the front of her clothes. Hank had locked himself in the bathroom and made no sign of coming out. Had he passed out in there? It was nearly 4:00 a.m. She had to get ready for work. Scooping the raspberry pulp out of her hair, she tried to hold it, then licked it off her fingers. In spite of everything, it still tasted nice, like the kind of raspberry purée she imagined they would serve in fancy restaurants.

One look at the clock—4:15—told her that she couldn’t waste any more time. She would have to wash her hair in the kitchen sink and let it dry on the bus ride to work. Dragging herself to the dresser to get some fresh underwear, she instead found herself opening the top drawer where the gun was nestled among Hank’s coiled belts. She picked it up, felt the smooth metal, its weight in her hands.

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