Color Me Dead #80 At Eric’s Part 3 Just then the phone rang. I looked at the incoming number. It was Dorothy. I answered quickly. “Dorothy?” “Sam, is that you?” Her voice flooded with relief. “Uh huh.” I became aware of how dry my mouth was. I carried the phone into the kitchen, got a [...]
Color Me Dead #79 At Eric’s Part 2 After Eric left, I turned on the TV. There was nothing interesting to speak of – just game shows, old reruns and soaps. I caught the tail end of an ancient sitcom with a booming laughtrack. I felt a little dizzy, and put my feet up on [...]
Color Me Dead #78 At Eric’s Part 1 It took some time and maneuvering to get me out of Eric’s car. By far the worst part of it was bending and stretching my torso. I know I’ve said this before, but the pain in my chest was unbelievable. When I was finally standing, Eric insisted [...]
Color Me Dead #77 Leaving the Hospital After signing a bunch of papers and picking up the prescription the doctor had left me at the nurses’ station, I was wheeled down the corridor and out the main door of the hospital. “I’ll get the car,” Eric said, and trotted off. I inhaled the fresh air. [...]
Color Me Dead #76 The Hospital Part 6 Eric wasn’t looking at me. I glared at him, exasperated, as he turned away and spoke in a low voice into the phone. When he turned back, I realized he was leaving a message. “She didn’t answer?” I asked. “It went to voicemail,” Eric said. I could [...]
Color Me Dead #75 The Hospital Part 5 Eric pulled out his cell phone. “Let me call Fred first, let him know what’s going on.” He turned away from me and spoke in a low voice when Fred answered the phone. “Got it,” Eric said. “Right.” He hung up and returned the phone to his [...]
Color Me Dead #74 The Hospital Part 4 The silence that followed engulfed us. Eric looked at the account of what happened that I had given Fred and cleared his throat. “Might as well make good use of the time,” he said. “How tall was the woman who attacked you?” “I’m not sure,” I said. [...]
Color Me Dead #73 The Hospital Part 3 There was a long silence. Then Eric cleared his throat and came over to the bed. “Want some breakfast?” I realized I hadn’t eaten anything since lunch the day before. My stomach had a hollow, empty feeling, but I had no appetite. “They brought you a tray,” [...]
Color Me Dead #72 The Hospital Part 2 “Tell me,” Fred pressed. “Is this about the Simons?” Oh, brother. I sighed again. “I’ll take that as a yes.” Fred got up from the empty twin bed that was next to me and leaned over mine. (Eric had receded into the background.) “This is a dangerous [...]
Color Me Dead #71 The Hospital Part 1 “She’s coming around,” I heard a voice say. I swam up from the darkness and moved my hand a little. That was when I realized somebody was holding it. Who? I opened my eyes. To my shock, I saw Eric looming over me, his face etched with [...]
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