"Bradley Denton - We Love Lydia Love" - читать интересную книгу автора (Denton Bradley)

тАЬBecause you wouldnтАЩt like being dead,тАЭ I say. тАЬItтАЩs boring.тАЭ

тАЬSoтАЩs being alive.тАЭ She has a point there.

Quiet. тАЬIt doesnтАЩt have to be.тАЭ

LydiaтАЩs shoulders hunch, as if sheтАЩs trying to shrink into herself. тАЬYes, it
does,тАЭ she says. тАЬLife and death are really the same thing, except that life is more
work.тАЭ

SheтАЩs still plinking on the Guild, but I notice that the notes arenтАЩt random
anymore. TheyтАЩre starting to punctuate and echo her words. They sound familiar.

ItтАЩs the progression for тАЬLove in Flames,тАЭ but sheтАЩs playing it a lot bluesier
than on the album.

It sounds good, though. It gives me an idea.

тАЬI think you should do some gigs,тАЭ I say.

Lydia looks up at me now. Her eyes are like stones. тАЬI donтАЩt have anything
new.тАЭ

And except for the India concert, sheтАЩs always refused to perform unless she
has new material.

Well, thereтАЩs a first time for everything. тАЬSo play your old stuff,тАЭ I say, тАЬonly
do something different with it, like you are now. Play it like it was the blues. See if it
gets your juices flowingтАФтАЭ

IтАЩm just able to duck out of the way as she swings the Guild at my head. Then
she stands up and smashes the guitar against the floor over and over again.

I could have told you that she doesnтАЩt like being given advice.
 So why didnтАЩt you?

Because I thought it was good advice.

Thanks, Christopher.

You are Christopher.

Whatever.

When the guitar is little more than splinters and strings, Lydia flings the neck
away and glares down at me.

тАЬIтАЩll call Danny Daniels and have him schedule some dates,тАЭ she says. тАЬSmall
clubs, I think. And then IтАЩm going to bed. See you there.тАЭ She goes out, and the