"Kathleen Ann Goonan - The Bridge" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goose Mother)

family and have a new one!тАЭ

тАЬYou didnтАЩt know before that you are artificial?тАЭ

тАЬNo. I didnтАЩt know that we were killed in this car wreck. We were all in
the hospital with various problems for quite some time afterwards. I had a
broken neck. My mother had a ruptured spleen, and my sister suffered
brain damage. My father could afford the most progressive therapies
available. I thought that we had been healed, not re-created.тАЭ

тАЬWas he in this automobile accident?тАЭ
 тАЬHe was the driver.тАЭ

тАЬWas he injured?тАЭ

тАЬI believe he had some minor injuries.тАЭ

тАЬWhich hospital?тАЭ

I thought she hesitated before answering. тАЬArlington General.тАЭ

тАЬIt seems odd that he would go to such lengths to preserve all of you,
and then suddenly get rid of you.тАЭ

She frowned. тАЬIтАЩm not sure whatтАЩs wrong with him. Some disease of
the mind that he refuses to have diagnosed, IтАЩm sure. His younger self
would never have done such a thing. He loved us. He loved us so much that
he went to great expense! But I suppose that ... maybe something was
missing in us, since we were not real.... тАЬShe looked at the floor and tears
welled in her eyes and slowly moved down her thin, fine-boned face.

I pushed a box of tissue over toward her.

тАЬBut no one has challenged your right to exist. Correct?тАЭ

тАЬI believe that he will, if he canтАЩt disassemble me quietly. He doesnтАЩt
know where I am. I have no money right now; IтАЩm sorry. IтАЩm afraid that he
might find me if I try and access any of my accounts. I need help.тАЭ

Just my luck. тАЬWhat do you want me to do?тАЭ

She leaned forward. Her eyes gleamed in the light of the neon sign. тАЬI
want my mother back. And my sister. Their copies are in his safe. The
updated information that can re-create them, right to the moment of their
disassembly. IтАЩve drawn a map of the house on that paper that shows
where the safe is. The house is alarmed; I included the code for you.тАЭ

тАЬYou are asking me to burgle a house, not solve a crime. Why canтАЩt
you do this yourself ?тАЭ