Title:One Rainy Night
Author(s): Richard Laymon
Publisher(s):Leisure Books
Pages: 410
Year: 2000
Format: EPUB
Language: English
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Her breasts bulged over the top of the laced, corset-like garment, and it occurred to John that a deep breath might pop them right out of it. The hostess near the front door had sported a similar costume. He supposed Lynn$prime;s dress wasn$prime;t so bad, after all, with everyone running around in those outfits. But he still wished she hadn$prime;t given up her shawl to the cloak room girl. $prime;Would you care for something from the bar?$prime;
$prime;Do you think we ought to wait for the others?$prime; he asked Lynn.
$prime;Oh, let$prime;s just go ahead.$prime; Smiling up at Peggy, she asked for a margarita.
$prime;Would you prefer that with or without salt?$prime;
$prime;With, please.$prime;
$prime;And I$prime;ll have a Mai Tai,$prime; John told her. When the waitress was gone, he said, $prime;Maybe we$prime;ll be lucky, and they won$prime;t show up at all.$prime;
$prime;Now, don$prime;t be that way.$prime;
$prime;Are you sure we$prime;ve got the right night?$prime;
$prime;I wrote it on my calendar. Seven o$prime;clock, November eleventh, the Edgewood.$prime;
$prime;Maybe it was supposed to be at seven a.m.$prime;
$prime;I hardly think so. I$prime;m sure they$prime;ll be along shortly.$prime;
$prime;Shortly, and wet,$prime; he said. He hoped they didn$prime;t have umbrellas. It would serve them right. If they$prime;d
been here on time, they would$prime;ve missed the downpour. He didn$prime;t even know the people, but they irked him. Not only were they butting into his life, but now they were late for the dinner they$prime;d supposedly arranged and they hadn$prime;t even bothered to make reservations.
The Edgewood was a popular restaurant, so the lack of reservations might$prime;ve forced them into a long wait. No thanks to their absent hosts, they$prime;d been spared that. Luck was with them, and there had been several empty tables.
John looked around, wondering if the pair from People Today had arrived on time, after all, and simply neglected to mention they were expecting him and Lynn.
We might all be here at separate tables, he thought. That$prime;d be swift. All of us go ahead and eat our dinners thinking we got stood up.
He saw three parties of four. Wouldn$prime;t be any of those. Couples sat at four other tables. Among them, he recognized Steve and Carol Winter. That left three pairs of strangersmen sitting across from women.
$prime;Was this Dodd character supposed to be with a man or a woman?$prime; he asked.
$prime;He mentioned a photographer, but I$prime;m sure he didn$prime;t say whether it was male or female. Why?$prime;
$prime;I$prime;m just wondering if they$prime;re already here.$prime;
$prime;I suppose that$prime;s possible, isn$prime;t it?$prime; An eagerness seemed to come over Lynn. Her head swiveled as she scanned the diners to either side, then she twisted around in her seat. Facing John again, she said, $prime;I don$prime;t know. What do you think?$prime;
$prime;Well, I$prime;m not about to go around asking.$prime;
$prime;It$prime;s pretty unlikely, I suppose. These people were all here before us. I$prime;m sure, if one of them were Mr Dodd, he would$prime;ve told someone he was expecting us.$prime;
$prime;You$prime;d think so. But then, you$prime;d also think they might$prime;ve made reservations.$prime;
Peggy arrived with the drinks. John watched the bulges at the top of her bodice while she bent over the table, and Lynn started in on her. $prime;You know, we$prime;re supposed to be meeting some people here. A Mr Dodd and someone else? None of us know each other from Adam, and I$prime;m concerned there may have been some kind of a mixup. They may already be here, for all we know.$prime;
$prime;I$prime;ll be happy to check with the hostess for you,$prime; Peggy said.
$prime;Would you, please? That would be wonderful. And in case they haven$prime;t arrived yet, they$prime;ll be looking for us when they do show up. John and Lynn Foxworth? You might want to give the hostess our names, and warn her to be on the lookout for . . .$prime;
$prime;HEY!$prime;
The woman$prime;s distant, alarmed voice hushed the restaurant. The quiet undertones of conversations and laughter and tinking of utensils ceased. In the silence, John heard clanks and clatters from the kitchen area and the piped-in music of an orchestra playing $prime;Send in the Clowns.$prime; Waitresses halted. Diners turned in their seats. From somewhere near the front came a crash as if a heavy piece of furniture had been knocked over.
Then a sharp cry of pain that ended the shocked silence.
$prime;My God!$prime; Peggy blurted.
$prime;John?$prime;
He shook his head and gazed toward the front. The foyer and doorsand whatever might be happeningwere out of sight beyond a corner of the dining area. Waitresses and a few guests started rushing that way.
$prime;I$prime;d better . . .$prime; he muttered, shoving back his chair.
$prime;No, stay here. Don$prime;t involve yourself in . . . John!$prime;
$prime;I$prime;ll be right back.$prime;
He hurried along with the others, passed the corner and saw a waitress tugging at the arm of a wildman who sat astride the overturned hostess station and bounced on it, pounding the heavy wooden lectern against the chest of the young woman pinned beneath it. Her scarlet face was twisted with pain. Her breasts had popped out of her bodice, and they shook as she strained to shove away the punishing weight.
The man, sodden and black (it$prime;s the parking attendant who gave me the dirty look, John realized), flung the clinging waitress off his arm. As she stumbled backward, a guy in a sport coat shot his foot out, ramming the lunatic$prime;s shoulder and knocking him off the lectern. That man and two others threw themselves onto him.
John tumbled the lectern off the hostess. He knelt beside her. Wheezing for breath, she drew up her knees and hugged her ribcage. Her teeth were bared and she whipped her head from side to side. John took off his
blazer. He covered her from waist to shoulders.
$prime;Are you all right?$prime;
$prime;Move out of the way,$prime; a man said. $prime;I$prime;m a doctor.$prime;
He crawled aside. A gray-haired man crouched and swept John$prime;s blazer to the floor. $prime;You$prime;ll be fine,$prime; he said in a gentle voice. $prime;What$prime;s your name, dear?$prime;
$prime;Cassy,$prime; she gasped out.
$prime;Cassy, I$prime;m Dr Goodman. I$prime;m sure you$prime;ll be just fine.$prime; With a pocket knife, he severed the laces down her front.
She raised her head off the floor to see what he was doing.
$prime;Nothing to be alarmed about, Cassy. I$prime;m just going to take a look. I won$prime;t hurt you.$prime; He spread the bodice. The girl flinched and gasped as he fingered her lower ribs where her skin was red. $prime;Uh-huh, uh-huh.$prime;
John watched her breasts jiggle as she twitched. They were small and firm. The creamy skin just above her nipples was seamed with indentations left by the tight garment. Her nipples were erect. John felt heat spreading through his groin.
He was suddenly glad he$prime;d been forced to come here, tonight.
Then he felt guilty about it and looked away.
The attacker was squirming on the floor a couple of yards away, one man sitting on his chest, others holding down his arms and legs. John realized that quite a few people were yelling, shouting questions and commands.
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