"James Patrick Kelly - Big Guy" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kelly James Patrick)

тАЬI'm a doctor, you know.тАЭ He turned to Cat and held out his hand. тАЬName's John. John Ghatak.тАЭ

Now Murphwas shocked. It was as if Shiva ... Ghatak had crapped on a napkin and held it out for them
to admire. Murph fought the impulse to slap at the offending hand. тАЬWhat the hell are you doing?тАЭ Instead
he leaned forward and pushed it slowly, firmly back to Ghatak's side.

тАЬLiving fast.тАЭ Ghatak winked his third eye at Cat. тАЬIsn't that the point? This costs seven hundred and
thirty dollars an hour.тАЭ

Cat slid closer to him. тАЬA doctor. Really?тАЭ Her head was almost in his lap.
Ghatak rattled his necklace of skulls. тАЬThat's why I'm Shiva. Death bringer and lifegiver, god and ghoul.тАЭ
He grasped the string of Cat's bonnet. тАЬMale and female.тАЭ He pulled it taut. тАЬThe lord of sex.тАЭ The knot
under her chin raveled.

тАЬYou cut people?тАЭ she said.

тАЬSometimes.тАЭ Ghatak paused, taken aback. тАЬIf necessary.тАЭ

тАЬEnjoy it?тАЭ

тАЬI wouldn't say I enjoyed ....тАЭ

тАЬStop!тАЭ Murph didn't want to waste another second of his life on this. тАЬYou can't tell strangers things
they don't want to know.тАЭ

тАЬI was tellingher , not a stranger.тАЭ He swept the polka dot bonnet back and stroked the top of Cat's
head. тАЬYou were just eavesdropping, Big Guy.тАЭ

тАЬFunny. Never would've guessed a doctor.тАЭ She purred and rose to his touch for several strokes. тАЬI'm a
biocommodities broker.тАЭ

Both Ghatak and Murph stared. Cat smiled at them.

тАЬBlood futures mostly. Some kidneys, lungs, the occasional liver.тАЭ She sat up and settled herself between
the two men. тАЬSo, a doctor. A broker.тАЭ She lifted the necklace of skulls over Ghatak's head, dribbled it
idly into her open hand, turned to Big Guy. тАЬAnd you?тАЭ

It was all going too fast. Ghatak and Cat weren't strangers. They had been waiting for him. How many
times had they been together before? They could afford Way Out better than he could, a rich blood
broker and a doctor. Probably doing it while he's watching Squeeze Pleeze and Moon's Noodles and
Burger King twenty-four hours a day just to make the monthlies on his brain taps. So he finally frees up
enough time to see her and she asks him to spill his real life on some rude asshole who's too cheap to do
Way Out right. Who cared what it cost? This was his fuckinglife .

тАЬI protect people.тАЭ Big Guy's voice was so smooth. Back in his cabin, Murph was shouting.

тАЬWhat, a cop?тАЭ said Ghatak. тАЬA security guard?тАЭ

Cat's eyes glittered. He couldn't tell if she were angry or pleased.