"Barker, Clive - Sacrament (b)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Barker Clive)

'Your bear now, is it?' Cornelius said.

She ignored him. 'Just one last shoot,' she implored Will. 'You won't be disappointed.'

'Jeez,' Cornelius remarked, putting his legs up on the table. 'Leave the man alone. He doesn't want to see the
fucking bear. Haven't you got the message?'

'Keep out of this,' Adrianna snapped.

'You're so fucking pushy,' Cornelius replied. 'It's just a bear.'

Adrianna was up from the couch and over to Cornelius in two strides. 'I told you: keep out of this,' she said, and
shoved Cornelius' shoulder just hard enough to tip him over. Down he went, clearing half of the doomed Pentax
from the table with his boot-heel as he went.

'Come on,' Will said, setting down his omelette in case there was an escalation in hostilities. If there was, it
wouldn't be the first time. Nine days out of every ten Cornelius and Adrianna worked side by side like brother
and sister. And on the tenth they fought, like brother and sister. Today, however, Cornelius wasn't in the mood
for insults or fisticuffs. He got to his feet, brushing his hippie-length hair back out of his eyes, and stumbled to
the door, picking up his anorak on his way. 'See you later,' he said to Will. 'I'm going to go look at the water.'

'Sorry about that,' Adrianna said when he'd gone. 'It was my fault. I'll make peace when he gets back.'

'Whatever.'

Adrianna went to the stove and poured herself a cup of coffee. 'So what did Guthrie have to say?'

'Not a lot.'

'Why did you even go see him?'

Will shrugged. 'Just . . . some stuff from my childhood. . .' he said.

'Big secret?'

Will offered her a slow smile. 'Huge.'

'So you're not going to tell me?'

'It's nothing to do with us being here. Well, it is and it isn't. I knew Guthrie lived on the Bay, so I kind of killed
two birds. . .' the words grew soft '. . . with one stone.'

'Are you going to photograph him?' she said, crossing to the window. The Tegelstrom children, who lived
across the street, were out playing in the snow, their laughter loud. She peered out at them.

'No,' Will said. 'I already invaded his privacy.'

'Like I'm invading yours?'