"Terry Dowling - La Profonde" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dowling Terry)

тАЬNo, I havenтАЩt. Listen, Jay, this is interesting but I donтАЩt see what it has
to do with our situation.тАЭ

тАЬLove that word, Dee. Situation. Tidies it up so nicely, donтАЩt you think?
ThatтАЩs why names are so important. Finding the right handles.тАЭ

тАЬWhat can we do about this, Jay?тАЭ

тАЬOne thing at a time. You never answered my question.тАЭ

тАЬWhat question?тАЭ
 тАЬWhen we first met back at the station. First thing I said.тАЭ

тАЬA question? What question? Hey, look, Jay, IтАЩve had a lot on my
mind. You really canтАЩt expect -тАЭ

тАЬI wouldтАЩve been in your thoughts though. You would have been very
much aware of me. You wouldnтАЩt have given me a thought in years, but
when my email arrived the other day, ever since Thursday, I wouldтАЩve been
in your thoughts surely.тАЭ

тАЬWell, yeah, but - I mean, I was pretty mad. Worried and all. You have
to allow that -тАЭ

тАЬYou were right, what you said before about destroying Edilo. It really
wasnтАЩt personal, was it?тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs right. ThatтАЩs right, Jay! It just happened.тАЭ

тАЬNo, I mean in the sense that I never got to be a person to you with a
life and interests, plans and hopes. Never got on your radar.тАЭ

тАЬWell, you were the boss. Always so earnest, you know? So remote.
It just never -тАЭ

тАЬRight. But if IтАЩd been a person enough, mattered more, you wouldnтАЩt
have pulled something like that. YouтАЩd have picked somebody else. If youтАЩd
liked me at all, thought I was worth liking, worth respecting at least, you
wouldnтАЩt have used me like a mark and taken advantage.тАЭ

DerwentтАЩs eyes were hidden by his sunglasses, but the way he
suddenly went quiet, suddenly became fixed in his gaze while walking, let
Jay know that there would be a very different look in them now.

Jay smiled and glanced at his watch again. It was 1:42 and here it was
at last: the YouтАЩre a wacko! look tucked away behind black Raybans.

тАЬWhere are we going, Jay?тАЭ