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

You are Christopher.

тАЬThe chipтАЩs talking too much,тАЭ I tell Daniels. тАЬItтАЩs getting in my face, and
LydiaтАЩs going to notice that somethingтАЩs not right.тАЭ

Daniels sighs. тАЬWe put everything we know about the Christopher-Lydia
relationship into that chip, so of course itтАЩs gonna have a lot to say. IтАЩve already told
you, just think of it as your conscience.тАЭ

тАЬMy conscience doesnтАЩt speak from my back teeth.тАЭ

тАЬIt does now,тАЭ Daniels says. тАЬBut it wonтАЩt last long. The shrinks say that
Lydia would have given Christopher the heave-ho in another six weeks if he hadnтАЩt
been killed, and now they tell me that she wonтАЩt stay with the resurrected version for
more than another three months. Then youтАЩll be out on your butt, sheтАЩll do her thing,
and everybodyтАЩll be happy. Including Willie Todd.тАЭ
 What about me?

YouтАЩll be happy too, because IтАЩm you. IsnтАЩt that what you keep telling me?
Now back off. Daniels sounds like he might be pissed off, and I donтАЩt want him
pissed off. Not at me, anyway.

Why? You scared of him?

No. But I know where my breadтАЩs buttered.

тАЬThanks, Danny,тАЭ I say. тАЬWe just had a bad morning, thatтАЩs all. Sorry I
griped.тАЭ

The phone is voice-only, but I can sense his grin. тАЬNo problem. You need a
pep talk, IтАЩm your guy. And if you feel like chewing my ass, thatтАЩs cool too. After
all, youтАЩre Christopher now, and Christopher once told me that he wanted to rip off
my head and shit down my neck.тАЭ

тАЬWhyтАЩd he тАФ I mean whyтАЩd I тАФтАЭ We.

тАЬтАФ do that?тАЭ

тАЬBecause I told him he was fucking up LydiaтАЩs creative process,тАЭ Daniels
says. тАЬWhich he was. But I shouldnтАЩt have told him so. She was going to dump you
anyway.тАЭ

Or maybe I would have dumped her. Smug asshole never considers that.

I remember LydiaтАЩs rage this morning. No matter how beautiful and talented
she is, that sort of thing can wear a man down. тАЬI think she might be about
half-crazy,тАЭ I say.

Daniels laughs. тАЬThe bitch is a genius. What do you expect?тАЭ