"Mercedes Lackey & Ellen Guon - Knights of Ghosts and Shadows" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lackey Mercedes)

and when he looked back up at her, the haunted expres-
sion in his eyes finally made her feel a bit more sympa-
thetic. Maybe more than sympatheticтАФ

Hold on there, girl. Don't let that pretty face and those
big brown eyes make you forget. He's the original Love-
'em-and-leave-'em. Mister Drifter. He likes hav'ng no ties.

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Though I don't think he likes the feeling of having someone
like Maureen walk out on himтАФthey were a pretty tight
little item, and the chemistry sure seemed to be there.

"I didn't mean to, Beth," he said quietly. "I didn't mean
to string her along. If she'd said something, I'd have told
her."

She sighed. "I believe you. I just wish for once you'd
look at what you're doing before it gets to scenes like this.
Holy Saints Paddy and Bride, you never do things by
halves, do you, Banyon?"

She shook her head; he hung his.

"All right, now that I know what happened, I can at
least see what I can do to keep your reputation out of the
mud. I'll try to put in a good word for you with the Admin
people, too, convince Caitlin that you couldn't avoid it,
wasn't your fault." He started to turn away. "And by the
wayтАФ"

"What?" he replied, lifelessly.

Come on, bucko. Keep looking down in the dumps, and
I may bed you just to cheer you up. Pure therapy.

Sure, Beth, and I've got this beachfront property in
Nevada . . .

"We've got another gig over in that place on Van Nuys,
and we'll keep a corner of the stage warm for you. You're
welcome to come on by, usual split. It's been a whileтАФ
would be nice to have you back, you and that whistle of
yours."