"Sharon Green - Mists of the Ages" - читать интересную книгу автора (Green Sharon)

тАЬI donтАЩt think we can pay him a visit,тАЭ Ricco said, the first words heтАЩd spoken
in a while, his light eyes directly on me, тАЬIt was Tardin who did that to Seero,
wasnтАЩt it. Inky? Tardin the slime, who could never forgive Seero for being
better than him. Am I wrong?тАЭ
тАЬNo, you arenтАЩt wrong, Ricco,тАЭ I allowed, feeling myself smile for the first
time since that conversation had started. тАЬTardin was the one who set Seero up,
but I donтАЩt think heтАЩll ever be doing something like that again, do you?тАЭ
тАЬTardin was convicted of those murders!тАЭ Sharp said with a hiss of shock, her
stare now on the wide-eyed side. тАЬIt made all the news progs, and more than half
the editorial slots! Everyone wanted the courts to forget the law and sentence
him to a lifetime of torture instead of simple execution. The evidence against
him was so overwhelming, not even his court-appointed lawyer believed him when
he screamed he was innocent.тАЭ
тАЬThat was because of how sickening the crime was,тАЭ Tris said, giving me the same

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sort of thoughtful look Ricco had been maintaining for the last couple of
minutes. тАЬWhen the victims are children itтАЩs bad enough, but when theyтАЩre also
physically handicapped children who have managed to win outstanding awards
despite their handicap. And when they arenтАЩt simply killed, but put through what
the autopsies showedтАФIt was all they could do to find thuds to guard him. Most
of them wanted to join everyone else and tear him apart.тАЭ
тАЬAnd all those of us who knew him wondered was how heтАЩd kept that much twisting
from showing sooner,тАЭ Ricco said, closing the circle heтАЩd opened. тАЬI donтАЩt think
it would bother any of us to find out he was framed, Inky, but what about the
one who really is guilty? With Tardin tagged for the thing, they stopped looking
for anyone else.тАЭ
тАЬWhy look for a dead man?тАЭ I asked, letting my smile broaden. тАЬOne of the
earlier victims had a relative none of the news progs found out about, a
half-brother who had loved the little girl very much. The half-brother had a lot
of friends and acquaintances. I donтАЩt think I have to tell you what itтАЩs
possible to pick up when almost everyone on the street is watching and listening
for you. Seero had introduced me to him a few years ago, so when it was time to
take a good look around a certain apartment, I was the one he asked to do it.
Finding those grisly trophies the slime had kept wasnтАЩt hard, but once theyтАЩd
served the purpose of telling us weтАЩd located the right sicko, no one had any
more use for them. My acquaintance took charge of the sicko, and when I
explained why I wanted the trophies, he thought my taking them was a good idea.
It even turned out that one of his friends was the woman who cleaned TardinтАЩs
apartment, the very woman who accidentally found all that horror and immediately
called the police.тАЭ
тАЬFinding TardinтАЩs name on the membership list of that group of fanatics who want
all handicapped newborns put to sleep really sealed the lid on it,тАЭ Ricco said,
a grin finally breaking through on his face. тАЬWas he really a member, or did
your acquaintance have another friend?тАЭ
тАЬThat time it was a friend of mine,тАЭ I answered, watching Tris and Sharp stir
where they sat, as though waking from a daydream. тАЬShe owed Seero a lot more
than one, and computer files will whistle the latest hit if she asks them to.