Chapter 29Randy kept the apartment dark for two reasons. One, with the rooms filled with darkness the shadows obscured everything familiar…all the things that could remind him of his life with Maggie: the furniture they had chosen together, the snapshots on the wall, her decorations. That life now seemed like it had gone on such a long time ago, almost as if the things that had happened here happened to someone else. His previous life as a husband, prospective father, and manager of an ice cream parlor almost seemed like something he had read or dreamed about.
The other reason he kept the apartment dark was to make sure he didn’t alert Pat Young to his presence. If she saw him, or knew he was watching her apartment, he could forget what he’d finally decided was his only way to get Joe Mac
