"Guardino, Louise - Feels Like Dignity" - читать интересную книгу автора (Guardino Louise)

and sickness surrounded me. I backed out and closed the door. Renny was
crying. "You see her, man? Fourteen and a crack-head. Should have seen
her when I found them. I lost it. I'd a cut him up if I hadn't wanted
her out of there so badly."
It was afternoon by the time I left. Renny hadn't wanted my help. His
kid was screwed up pretty bad. From what he said, she didn't know what
her father had done, couldn't remember much of anything. It was the
fault of her mother, Renny's ex, that she even knew Allen. The woman had
taken the girl to Allen's once when Renny was out of the country. The
two had hit it off. A month ago, the kid and her mother had had a
bang-out fight and she'd run off, ending up at Allen's. Renny said she'd
been there a couple of days by the time he'd found them. Allen had
gotten the kid cracked-up right quick.
I told Renny I'd given the cops his name. It seemed only right that I
help him now. We'll be taking Renny's kid to this rehab place out west.
He's done with the warrior business for now. He wants to stay near his
kid and do what he can.
You think you know someone. You think you know yourself. Right. Wrong.
Justice. Revenge. It's all a mess in my head. Allen was wrong. Nothing
feels like dignity-not the past or the present. Maybe nothing ever will.

So be it.






Louise Guardino writes short fiction and has had several short stories
published in "Murderous Intent Mystery Magazine," "Blue Murder Magazine,"
and "Plots With Guns."