Chapter 58: Richter Explains
July 10, 20—
11:12 P.M.
Above Cupcakes
We were alone in the apartment, listening to Jarr and Ryan make love in their third floor apartment above us. Their bed squeaked and rocked over our heads. Ryan screamed naughty things in the night as Jarr rocked his boyfriend’s world. The ruckus was impossible to fall asleep to, I realized, which allotted me the perfect time to question Richter about his antics in the city.
Richter wasn’t asleep, although he sometimes pretended to be when I wanted to mix my body with his. The man snored almost every night as he slept, but not at that very moment, which told me that he was awake, unable to drift into dreams because of the upstairs lovemaking.
The night was sticky hot and the air conditioner couldn’t keep up with the
