"Colin Greenland - Candy Comes Back" - читать интересную книгу автора (Greenland Colin)

Rona and Cora gaze at each other in apprehension. Timing is
everything. Timing is the most important thing in the world. If your timer
goes, you canтАЩt even make it as a mannequin, up and down the catwalk in
white lace mini-dresses and nylon boas, never allowed to sing a note. And
if you canтАЩt make it as a mannequin, you are scrap. No, the catwalk is your
last hope. Beyond that Cora and Rona can imagine nothing, only deafening
black silence.

George is out of the question, as far as potential husbands go.
George is not like the girls. He is one of the people who make everything
work, along with Sammy, and Spencer.

Spencer is their manager and producer. He has his hand on their
master switches. тАШCandy?тАЩ says Spencer in the control booth. тАШCandy, are
you with us? You going to do this one for us, sweetheart? Jesus Christ
Almi -тАЩ they hear him mutter angrily, as he switches off his mike.

****

Spencer works for the record company, Skyrocket Records. Days off he
likes to watch demolition derbies and drag racing. When they go to the
track his wife packs a lunch of Polish hot sausage and pickled gherkin. She
puts mayo on the bread instead of margarine, and packs a Thermos of
coffee beside the beer. He gets hot for her watching all that mayhem and
destruction. Sometimes she gets drunk along with him. Once she blew him
right there in back of the stands. тАШCтАЩmon, gang,тАЩ says Spencer, тАШletтАЩs hustle it
up now. Got a hot weekend ahead.тАЩ He claps his hands and rubs them,
grinning at his girls. He wonders if they have the first idea what the hell heтАЩs
thinking about.

He bets that Candy does. Candy watches you, watches you like she
knows you know something, and she wants to know it too. Like a suspicious
child. She frets about stuff.

Only when sheтАЩs singing is she completely at peace. She stands
there now holding her hands clasped between her innocent young breasts
and giving out like a gospel belter. тАШAnd one day IтАЩll see you,тАЩ she
promises, fervently. тАШOne day IтАЩll see
you.тАЩ

Candy is fine today. Running sweet. George had patted Candy on the
shoulder and flashed them all a grin. тАШJust kidding, girls,тАЩ George said,
loudly. тАШTalking to myself. DonтАЩt want to pay me no mind.тАЩ Rona and Cora
had smiled back. They could see GeorgeтАЩs grin did not reach his eyes.
Now George is fiddling with the generator. Candy and the girls are starting
to warm up.

тАШRunning back into my arms,тАЩ sings Candy, with feeling. тАШRunning
back into my heart,тАЩ she sings, тАШagain.тАЩ