The posters had been taken off the walls in Jerome’s room.
Still more than enough left to give Sam and Claudia chills.
There was nothing in the place that either of the sisters wanted to take away for any kind of remembrance. Enough bad memories left over from their years in the first Lucca house to last them a lifetime.
‘How about we all get out of here?’ Daniel said when they’d done. ‘I don’t know about you guys, but I could use a stiff drink.’
‘Sounds like a plan to me,’ Sam said.
‘So what are we waiting for?’ said Grace.
The New Epistle of Cal the Hater
I watched them go into my house.
One big happy family.
The kind that drove Jewel crazy.
And then a while later I watched Detective Becket shake the real estate guy’s hand.
Doing their deal, I guess.
Not so much as a backward glance when they all left.
The FOR SALE sign went up outside less than two hours later.
Stealing my home, my possessions.
Same way they’ve taken or spoiled everything else.
And made me destroy the only thing I had left.
I miss my Baby a whole lot.
And Daisy, too, come to that.
I read the other day that Jerome Cooper is missing, presumed drowned.
Cooper’s dead, all right.
But not Cal the Hater.
Cal is very much alive.
Cal knows how to change his appearance.
And how to earn enough to get by.
Cal the Hater has plans. To come back some time and get what’s his.
And get even, too.
Count on it, Samuel Lincoln Becket.
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