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

I take a deep breath of the humid night air. тАЬHow do you figure?тАЭ

As if we didnтАЩt know.

IтАЩll handle this. тАЬIтАЩm supposed to be Lydia LoveтАЩs boyfriend, right? Well,
thatтАЩs what IтАЩm doing.тАЭ

Daniels tugs at his leather necktie. тАЬYouтАЩre supposed to behave as
Christopher would behave so that sheтАЩll go berserk and kick you out. But youтАЩre
obviously ignoring the Christopher chipтАЩs instructions.тАЭ

I canтАЩt help chuckling. тАЬThe chip hasnтАЩt been handing out many instructions
lately. ItтАЩs been making comments, but not giving orders. So I must be behaving as
Christopher would. After all, IтАЩm him, right?тАЭ

Daniels shakes his balding head. тАЬNot according to CCAтАЩs psychs.
Christopher wouldnтАЩt reason with Lydia when she goes wacko. He gave up on
reasoning with her a long time ago.тАЭ

Never really tried. Guess you should have. Guess so.

тАЬIf the chipтАЩs lying down on the job,тАЭ I say, тАЬthatтАЩs not my fault. IтАЩm holding
up my end of the contract.тАЭ

Daniels grins.
 Watch out when the son of a bitch does that.

тАЬOur contract,тАЭ Daniels says, тАЬis with Willie Todd. But if you were Willie,
youтАЩd be behaving more like Christopher even without the chip. ThatтАЩs why we
picked Willie in the first place. You, however, seem to be a third party with whom
CCA has no arrangement whatsoever.тАЭ He sighs. тАЬAnd if Willie has disappeared,
thereтАЩs no point in releasing his album.тАЭ

This is bullshit.

тАЬThis is bullshit.тАЭ

Daniels shrugs. тАЬMaybe so, Willie-Chris, Chris-Willie, or whoever you are.
But itтАЩs legal bullshit, the most potent kind.тАЭ

My back teeth are aching. тАЬSo if I have to be Willie for you to honor his
contract,тАЭ I say, тАЬhow can I be Christopher?тАЭ

You can beat his ugly face into sausage, thatтАЩs how.

тАЬChris and Willie are interchangeable,тАЭ Daniels says. тАЬBoth are working-class
dullards who think they deserve better because they know a few chords. Any
superficial differences can be wiped out by the chip. So I say again: Listen to the
chip as if it were your conscience.тАЭ