The Night Watcher. John Lutz
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Название: The Night Watcher
Автор: John Lutz
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Ужасы и Мистика
isbn: 9780786027002
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He took another turn around the living room, then the second bedroom, running his fingertips lightly over objects that could be or should be his own if only life were more fair. The third bedroom, Myra’s home office, he didn’t go into. Didn’t even try the knob. He knew the door would be locked.
Billy glanced at the polished mahogany clock with its gold dial on the mantel. It was way past midnight.
He padded back into the bathroom and showered, then rubbed himself dry with a soft towel that was warm from being draped over a heated brass rack. His hair was short and dried quickly. He combed it, shot it with Myra’s hair spray, then used Myra’s roll-on deodorant.
Back in the dim bedroom, he found his clothes and put them on. It wasn’t the best thing for his health, to go outside in the cold right after a warm shower, but it was an occupational hazard this time of year, and Billy had built up immunities. Besides, his thick Armani coat, out of style this season but still warm, was hanging in the closet in Myra’s foyer.
After fastening his blazer button, he went to the bed and leaned over Myra. He kissed her on the forehead, once, twice, to be sure she was somewhat awake.
“Good night, Myra. You were wonderful, as always.”
She managed a smile, then turned her face back to the pillow, muffling her words. “Nigh’…Billy.”
He felt lonely, almost as if he were leaving his own home and wife, as he walked from the bedroom and the sleeping woman behind him. In the entry hall he shrugged into his coat and turned up its black leather collar.
Glancing at his reflection in the gold-framed mirror, he smiled handsomely, blatantly admiring his boyish blond looks, telling himself the world wasn’t always shitty. This had been a good night but he didn’t yet know how good.
Myra paid the service direct or had used a charge card, but he knew there would be an envelope for him on the marble-topped credenza.
Next to the door.
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