Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author Name: Benjamin Stevenson
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- Edition Language: English
- Date of Publication: January 17, 2023
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A single beam of light rotating through the curtains told me my brother had
just pulled into my driveway. When I walked outside, the first thing I
noticed was that Michael’s left headlight was out. The second was the
blood.
The moon had gone, the sun yet to rise, but even in the dark I knew
exactly what the dark spots were, flecked on the shattered headlight and
smeared alongside a hefty dent in the wheel arch.
I’m not normally a night owl, but Michael had called me half an hour
before. It was one of those phone calls that, as you blearily read the time,
you know is not to tell you about winning the lottery. I have a few friends
who occasionally call me from their Uber home with a roaring tale of a
good night out. Michael is not one of them.
That’s a lie, actually. I wouldn’t be friends with people who called after
midnight.
“I need to see you. Now.”
He was breathing heavily. No call ID, from a pay phone. Or a bar. I
spent the next half hour shivering, even in a heavy jacket, wiping circles in
the condensation on my front window to better see his approach. I’d given
up sentry duty and retired to the couch when his headlight flicked the back
of my eyelids red.
I heard a growl as he brought the car to a stop, then killed the engine but
not the electrics. I opened my eyes, savored the ceiling for a moment, as if I
knew that once I stood up my life would change, and went outside. Michael
was sitting in the car, head on the wheel. I cut the lonely spotlight in half as
I walked in front of the bonnet to knock on the driver’s window. Michael
got out of the car. His face was ash gray.
“You’re lucky,” I said, nodding to his busted headlight. “Roos’ll mess
you up.”
“I hit someone.”
“Uh-huh.” I was half asleep, so only barely registered he’d said
someone and not something. I didn’t know what people said in these
situations, so I thought agreeing with him was probably a good idea.
“A guy. I hit him. He’s in the back.”
I was awake now. In the back?
“What the hell do you mean in the back?” I said.
“He’s dead.”
“Is he in the back seat or the boot?”
“Why’s it matter?”
“Have you been drinking?”
“Not much.” He hesitated. “Maybe. A bit.”
“Back seat?” I took a step and reached out for the door, but Michael put
an arm out. I stopped moving, said, “We need to take him to the hospital.”
“He’s dead.”
“I can’t believe we’re arguing about this.” I ran a hand through my hair.
“Michael, come on. You’re sure?”
“No hospital. His neck turned like a pipe. Half his skull is inside out.”
“I’d rather hear it from a doctor. We can call Sof—”
“Lucy will know,” Michael cut me off. His mention of her name, said so
desperately, made the subtext clear: Lucy will leave me.
“It’ll be all right.”
“I’ve been drinking.”
“Just a bit,” I reminded him.
“Yeah.” The pause lingered. “Just a bit.”
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