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In Over Her Head by Elsie Russell - Parnasse.com

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doctor, who cleared his throat and <strong>com</strong>manded, "Mister Tifolgio,<br />

enough!"<br />

Beneath the paintings, her frayed lumpy futon was replaced <strong>by</strong> a<br />

sleek black leather sofa. And her favorite white trash coffee table?<br />

Replaced with a marble slab on chrome legs.<br />

"Dick, in a fit of generosity. I hope you dun mind." He<br />

apologized and leaned over, grabbing a handle at the back of the sofa<br />

and it slid down into a double wide sleep surface.<br />

"Ecco, lá, he snapped his fingers.<br />

"How did you know?"<br />

"She has the same one upstairs, heheh. I warn you, it is not so<br />

good for sleep!"<br />

"No kidding!"<br />

<strong>Her</strong> <strong>com</strong>puter tables?! She tottered over. Looked like Schwanz<br />

Design, alright. She only hoped it was safety glass on those spindly<br />

sawhorses.<br />

"What's this? One shove and it all <strong>com</strong>es crashing down! Could<br />

at least use some duct tape around those edges."<br />

The stacks of disks and the hard drives all seemed intact.<br />

"Okay, thanks anyway. Guess he scarfed my fifties relics or<br />

something, I mean they're antiques, or something, right?"<br />

Sandro hung back, silent.<br />

Züt came humming out of the bathroom, "And if you need<br />

assistance, just ask zuh room, I haf installed a device."<br />

"Great, whatever. Its good to be back. I'd better crash, now."<br />

Züt stood in the doorway, a self-satisfied smile across his tiny<br />

face. Sandro half smiled and followed the doctor out.<br />

Penny flopped down on the leather platform, not bothering to<br />

unroll her sleeping bag just yet. She took one of the two leather pillows<br />

and tucked it under her head, but tossed the other on the marble table.<br />

She was just thankful Dick hadn't installed those smutty blob lamps.<br />

Wasn't there some duct tape in the kitchen corner under the<br />

sink? Better check. Nope, her cabinets were all cleaned out and<br />

arranged with wire tubs filled with Martha Stewart's idea of under sink<br />

necessities: a big bottle of lemon Lysol, a collection of fancy polishes<br />

and bright, folded cloths and sponges, but no duct tape. Penny<br />

stumbled to the bathroom to pee, but, surprise, a fancy contraption<br />

with a Japanese menu at the side with pictogram explanations stood in<br />

place of her john. She couldn't hold it long enough to decipher any of<br />

these, especially as her vision was still a bit double, so she peed in the<br />

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