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

audiences love them too.

Onstage they shine, in their blonde bouffant wigs and candy-stripe
party frocks over starched petticoats. Rona and CoraтАЩs stripes are pink and
white, CandyтАЩs are tangerine and white. тАШSkyrocket Records have been so
good to us,тАЩ the girls tell everyone. тАШBeing on tour is good, you get to travel,
see places.тАЩ The songs they sing are not about travelling. They are about
being true, about knowing the right one and staying forever right by his side.
When he goes away, they know they will be sad. But when he comes back,
baby, then they will be glad.

Privately, when they have been left switched on and forgotten in the
dressing room all afternoon, Candy and the Bon-Bons feel less secure
about the prospect of eternal love and happiness. They often feel afraid,
abandoned, left out. Sometimes they think about what can happen to a girl if
she gets married and is off on the road the whole time. While youтАЩre going
from town to town singing тАШMy Wonderful YouтАЩ, your marriage could be
breaking in pieces. The Bon-Bons canтАЩt remember anyone special, but they
know Spencer always likes them to say they are married, or have
boyfriends waiting for them back home.

****

Candy and the Bon-Bons do four shows a day, fourth on the bill. Dorian is
the star, the headline. The Flapjacks are second. тАШBack home everyone
loves the Flapjacks,тАЩ Rona is telling the motel manager.

Candy is suddenly there, leaning in listening to the conversation.
тАШWhere?тАЩ she says.

тАШBack home,тАЩ says Cora.

тАШWhere we come from,тАЩ says Rona.

They stare at her with eyes like headlights on the highway.

тАШAll our schoolfriends think the Flapjacks are really cool,тАЩ says Cora.

тАШWhat schoolfriends,тАЩ says Candy suddenly, in a voice of bitterness
and scorn. тАШWe never went to school.тАЩ And she starts to cry.

Rona and Cora start to coo. They pat Candy feebly, in distress. What
is wrong with her? Has she been drinking or taking some drugs? It upsets
them to see her standing there with her battery lead in her hand. The lead
goes up her skirt and she is just standing there in the lobby in front of
everyone, crying.

Spencer is on the phone. тАШWhere the hell is George?тАЩ he says,
craning over his shoulder to watch Candy. тАШI donтАЩt like what IтАЩm seeing here
in this motel lobby, Sammy, old buddy.тАЩ He listens a moment, then shakes