Woman
Language: English
Pages: 125
ISBN: 1887368752
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The Beast from the East (Goosebumps, Book 43)
"Naked, of course," he added. David ignored him. 'This so-called 'alien' quality has always outweighed women's desirabilities." "All three of them, including hands," Val said. "Or in Candy's case, four." "Shut up, Val," Liz told him casually. Val imitated Butterfly McQueen. "Yaz'm, Miz Scarlett! Yaz'm!" "Go on, David," Barbara said, "I like what you're saying. Mostly." "You would," Max said. "All right. Brace yourselves, Max and Val," David continued. "Historically men have always been
distressed expression. Then he murmured, "No one?" She was about to speak, then sighed and looked repentant. "I'm sorry," she said. "I know you're on my side." He smiled and, leaning over, kissed her lightly on the cheek. She returned the smile and was about to say something when the telephone rang. "More bad news, no doubt," she said. David smiled a little sadly. Liz picked up the receiver. "Hello?" She listened. "Yes, Catherine," she said. Listened again. Her features tightened. "Oh, my
doorbell rang again. "Anybody home?" he heard Charlie's muffled voice in the corridor. "On my way," David murmured. He reacted with abrupt surprise as he opened the door. Standing next to Charlie was Ganine. Still wearing the same dress and jacket. Charlie thrust out his beefy right hand. "Doctor! How ya doin'?" he said, his tone loud and hearty. He was a heavy-set man in his fifties with a bushy bandit's mustache, a flushed complexion. Charlie made a courtly ushering gesture to her, "After
fiercely, glaring with avenging fury. "Make it stop!" he screamed, his face rigid with maddened horror. "No!" she cried. "I won't!" David backed off further, one arm raised to block the ice pick stab. Liz's corpse was almost to him now. Her arm hitched higher, brandishing the pick, her lifeless face without expression. David screamed in mindless terror. He started violently as Liz was yanked back by some invisible force and flung to the floor like a rag doll. At the same instant, Ganine cried
answer as he followed Liz into the kitchen. "What in the holy hell is going on?" she demanded. "Look, I—" David started. "Did you invite her in?" "No, of course I didn't," he answered sharply. "Charlie brought her in." "Charlie?" she glared at him. "That makes sense?" "Liz. When I opened the door, she was standing beside him and obviously he thought she was invited too," he began to explain in a carefully controlled voice. "Well, get her out of here," she interrupted. From the look on her
