"Alexander Jablokov - Dead Man" - читать интересную книгу автора (Jablokov Alexander)

тАЬSo....тАЭ

тАЬYou talk to Barnaby lately?тАЭ It came out in a rush. тАЬI mean, I know you guys
used to keep in touch. No Christmas cards, I bet, but he felt some kind of bond with
you, right? He used to tell me that. And you knew heтАЩd just been doing what he was
supposed to....тАЭ

I trailed off. IтАЩd filled as much void as I could, but of course, there was an
infinite supply.

The night had really cooled off, and the bourbon had lost any ability to keep
me warm. I stood with my heels on the edge of the porch. It creaked under my
weight, but held. Out in the darkness, I heard the childish yip of a coyote.

тАЬWhat do you want?тАЭ I could barely hear her.

тАЬItтАЩs like this. IтАФтАЭ

тАЬCan you take some constructive criticism?тАЭ

I bit back on words I would have regretted. And which would have made sure
I never got what I needed. тАЬSure. Love it. Lay it on me.тАЭ

тАЬWhen you start out with тАШitтАЩs like this,тАЩ I know what youтАЩre going to say next
is a bunch of crap. So donтАЩt say it, okay? That way we can both pretend weтАЩre
talking sense.тАЭ

тАЬI need Barnaby.тАЭ I squeezed the words out of a tight throat. тАЬFor this job.
He knows something I need to know. I have to talk to him. He would tell me, you
know. He was really happyтАФrelieved, I guessтАФthat you would communicate with
him. HeтАЩd never have given up on that. It absolved him of something. Where is he? I
know you know.тАЭ

тАЬLeave him alone,тАЭ she said. тАЬLeave me alone.тАЭ

тАЬI canтАЩt do that. HeтАЩs out there. And he knows something I need to know.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm so sorry, honey. About ... everything.тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs all right, Ma.тАЭ

There was a long pause, and I thought she was gone.

тАЬHoney. Just ask him, okay? Nothing else.тАЭ

тАЬI just need a lead. Something.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre sure heтАЩs the one who can help you?тАЭ