Epilogue

           Thepolicecamelatethatafternoon.Theyaskedquestionsbutvoicednosuspicions.Theasheswerestillhot;theyhadnotyetbeenraked.Louisansweredtheirquestions.Theyseemedsatisfied.Theyspokeoutsideandheworeahat.Thatwasgood.Iftheyhadseenhisgrayhair,theymighthaveaskedmorequestions.Thatwouldhavebeenbad.Heworehisgardeninggloves,andthatwasgoodtoo.Hishandswerebloodyandruined.

           Heplayedsolitairethatnightuntillongaftermidnight.

           Hewasjustdealingafreshhandwhenheheardthebackdooropen.

           Whatyoubuyiswhatyouown,andsoonerorlaterwhatyouownwillcomebacktoyou,LouisCreedthought.

           Hedidnotturnaroundbutonlylookedathiscardsastheslow,grittingfootstepsapproached.Hesawthequeenofspades.Heputhishandonit.

           Thestepsendeddirectlybehindhim.

           Silence.

           AcoldhandfellonLouis’sshoulder.Rachel’svoicewasgrating,fullofdirt.

           "Darling,"itsaid.

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