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

He laughed. 'But you get to a place when you're so high you're not high any more.'

'And that was twenty-one?'

'It was a very fine year for acid tabs.'

'Do you regret it?'

'Je ne regrette rien,' Will slurred, sloe-eyed. 'No, that's a lie. I wasted a lot of time in bars being picked up by
men I didn't like. And who probably wouldn't have liked me if they'd taken the time to ask.'

'What wasn't to like?'

'I was too needy. I wanted to be loved. No, I deserved to be loved. That's what I thought, I deserved it. And I
wasn't. So I drank. It hurt less when I drank.' He mused for a moment, staring into middle distance. 'You're right
about Rafael. He's better for Patrick than I ever was.'

'Pat likes having a partner who's there all the time,' Adrianna said. 'But he still calls you the love of his life.'

Will squirmed. 'I hate that.'

'Well you're stuck with it,' Adrianna replied. 'Be grateful. Most people never have that in their lives.'

'Speaking of love and adoration, how's Glenn?'

'Glenn doesn't count. He's in for the kids. I've got wide hips and big tits and he thinks I'll be fertile.'

'So when do you start?'

'I'm not going to do it. The planet's fucked enough without me turning out more hungry mouths.'

'You really feel that?'

'No, but I think it,' Adrianna said. 'I feel very broody, especially when I'm with him. So I keep away when
there's a chance, you know, I might give in.'

'He must love that.'

'It drives him crazy. He'll leave me eventually. He'll find some earthmother who just wants to make babies.'

'Couldn't you adopt? Make you both happy?'

'We talked about it, but Glenn's determined to continue the family line. He says it's his animal instincts.'

'Ah, the natural man.'

'This from a guy who plays in a string quartet for a living.'

'So what are you going to do?'