"Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse 04 - Dead to the World" - читать интересную книгу автора (Harris Charlaine)

who just happen to be dead. The vampires have a public face and a public explanation for their

conditionтАФthey claim an allergy to sunlight and garlic causes severe metabolic changesтАФbut I've seen

the other side of the vampire world. My eyes now see a lot of things most human beings don't ever see.
Ask me if this knowledge has made me happy.

No.

But I have to admit, the world is a more interesting place to me now. I'm by myself a lot (since

I'm not exactly Norma Normal), so the extra food for thought has been welcome. The fear and danger

haven't. I've seen the private face of vampires, and I've learned about Weres and shifters and other stuff.

Weres and shifters prefer to stay in the shadowsтАФfor nowтАФwhile they watch how going public works

out for the vamps.

See, I had all this to mull over while collecting tray after tray of glasses and mugs, and unloading

and loading the dishwasher to help Tack, the new cook. (His real name is Alphonse Petacki. Can you be

surprised he likes "Tack" better?) When our part of the cleanup was just about finished, and this long

evening was finally over, I hugged Arlene and wished her a happy New Year, and she hugged me back.

Holly's boyfriend was waiting for her at the employees' entrance at the back of the building, and Holly

waved to us as she pulled on her coat and hurried out.

"What're your hopes for the New Year, ladies?" Sam asked. By that time, Kenya was leaning

against the bar, waiting for him, her face calm and alert. Kenya ate lunch here pretty regularly with her

partner, Kevin, who was as pale and thin as she was dark and rounded. Sam was putting the chairs up

on the tables so Terry Bellefleur, who came in very early in the morning, could mop the floor.

"Good health, and the right man," Arlene said dramatically, her hands fluttering over her heart,

and we laughed. Arlene has found many menтАФand she's been married four timesтАФbut she's still looking

for Mr. Right. I could "hear" Arlene thinking that Tack might be the one. I was startled; , I hadn't even

known she'd looked at him.

The surprise showed on my face, and in an uncertain voice Arlene said, "You think I should give