"John DeChancie - Skyway 3 - Paradox Alley" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dechancie John)

"There's that possibility," I answered, turning in the
driver's seat to face her. She was squatting behind the seat,
forearm resting on the back. She looked as pretty as ever. Her
hair had grown out quite a bit, softening the effect of the
severe cut she'd worn when we first met. The hardships of our
journey had left their mark. She looked tired most of the time,
which could have been due to her pregnancy, though she was
only a little shy of three months into it. She'd been gaining
weight too. Her features were slightly more fleshed out. A
little, not much.

"Daria," I said, "what's your gut feeling? Do you trust
Prime?"

She pursed her lips and thought about it for a long time.
Then she said, "We have no reason to trust him. Absolutely
none. Ask me on a bad day and I'd say no, let's not go near


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him." She ran a hand through her smooth, dark-brown hair.
Tired or not, Daria always looked as if she'd just stepped out
of a beauty parlor: hair in place, makeup perfect. "And though
I wouldn't exactly call this a good day, I get this feeling that
we simply must deal with him. We'll have to, if we want to
get back." She sighed. "Do I trust him? No farther than I
could throw Sean. What's my gut feeling?" She shrugged
helplessly. "Let's go to lunch."

"I dunno, Daria, m'giri," Sean said with a grin, "after the
way you handled those two beefy loggers back on Talltree, I
wouldn't give odds on how far you could throw me."

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Daria smiled, a little abashedly.

"Oh, no, you should be proud, Daria." Sean's grin broad-
ened and he swelled with satisfaction. "Ah, I'll never forget
the sight of Tommy Baker, gorked out across the bed with his
arse hanging out. He had it coming, and it was a fine thing to
see him get it."

"I caught him at a delicate moment," Daria said.

"Anybody else want to express his or her opinion?" I asked
around. "Susan?"