Willard and His Bowling Trophies (10 page)

There was a moment of silence as the brothers stood in front of the door. They didn’t move. They didn’t say anything. They just stood there.

“Listen to this, Constance,” Bob said. “This may have something to do with us.” Bob had gotten Constance’s attention by saying that.

“ ‘The dice of Love are madnesses and melees,’ ” Bob quoted from the
Greek Anthology
as the Logan brothers kicked in the front door and ran into the apartment looking for the bowling trophies and the first one in ran down the hall into the bedroom shouting, “BOWLING TROPHY THIEVES DIE!” and shot the two people, one of whom was sitting on the bed reading from a book while the other one was lying in bed, listening to him as he read with her eyes closed.

‘Searching for an octopus’

or Epilogue

Q: What about the Logan sisters?

A: Forget them.