"Nancy Kress - Nano Comes to Clifford Falls" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kress Nancy)

still the handsomest man ever to come out of Clifford Falls. This was how Will, beaming in his daddy's
arms, would look in twenty years.

Jack reddened slightly. "Why are you living here, Carol? Don't tell me you and old Bellingham..."

"That would be what you'd think. The answer is no."

Did he look relieved? "Then why--"

"Mommy's my teacher!" Will shouted. "And I can write whole sentences!"

"Good for you," Jack said. To me he suddenly blurted, "Carol, I don't know how to say this, but I'm so
sorry, I--"

"Where's Chrissie? You get tired of her the way you did of me?"

"No, she ... who the hell is that?"

His eyes almost bugged out of his head, and well they might. Denny Bonohan strolled out of the house,
dressed in one of his costumes. Denny's gay, which was hard enough for me to take, but he's also an
actor, which is even worse because he strolls out to do his share of guard duty dressed in outlandish
things he and the other two actors brought with them. Now he wore tights with a bright tunic almost as
long as a dress, all in shades of gold. Hal is amused by him but I think Denny's loony and I won't let the
kids be alone with him. My right, Hal says in his quiet way, and what Hal says goes.

I said, "That's my new boyfriend." I said it to make Jack mad but instead he threw back his head and
laughed, his white teeth gleaming in the sunshine.

"Not you, Carol. Never. I know you that much, anyways."

"What are you doing here, Jack?"

"I want to see my kids. And I want ... I want you, Carol. I miss you. I was wrong, as wrong as a man
can be. Please take me back."

Jack apologizing was always hard to resist, although it's not like he ever did all that much of it. Will clung
hard to his father's neck. Also, an old sweet feeling was slipping into me, along with the anger. I wanted
to hit him, I wanted to hug him. I wanted to curl up inside him again.

"It's up to the Council if you can stay here."

"Here?"

"We aren't leaving, the kids and me."

He took a deep breath. "What's the Council? What do I have to do?"

"You have to start by talking to Hal. If Denny's on guard duty, Hal's probably coming off."

"Guard duty?" Jack said, bewildered.