"Paul Levinson - Loose Ends (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Levinson Paul)

"You shouldn't be out yet. How are you feeling?"
She held up her palms in an I-don't-know gesture. "I think
pretty much better. I was going crazy in the house, and you
were gone a long time. I was worried."
Jeff pulled her close. "Oh, Laura, Laura," he said softly,
sadly. "What's going on?"
They parted and held hands, looking down at the lights that
slid upon the inky water below. "I don't know," she said. "Do
you?"
"I think so," Jeff said quietly.
"Tell me," Laura said.
"I think you know."
"No." Laura's face furrowed in confusion.
Jeff dropped her hand and turned to face her. "You look
very nice in those shorts."
Laura patted the light red shorts she was wearing on this
humid summer evening and looked even more confused. "What do my
shorts have to do with anything?"
"For God's sake, stop playing games with me, Laura!" A
nearby elderly woman with blue-tinted hair glared at Jeff. He
glared back and lowered his voice. "Try being honest with me
for a change."
She turned and looked out over the water. "I think I have
been honest. I've told you how much I love you." Her voice was
husky.
"I don't suppose you remember much of what you did when the
DMT first hit you?" Jeff continued impassively.
"No, I don't remember much of anything. The whole
experience was horrible. You know that." She started crying.
"So you have no idea what song you were singing when I took
you home in the cab?"
She shook her head. "I can't believe I was singing in that
state--"
"Well would it surprise you to know that you were singing a
few lines of the Beatles' `Yes It Is' over and over again?
`Please don't wear red tonight..'"
"And you place some sort of significance on this?"
"I've been driving myself crazy, wandering around here for
hours, trying to figure out what's been bothering me ever since
I heard you singing those lines. I didn't even know until I saw
you and your red shorts a few seconds ago that that song was the
problem. But now I'm starting to understand. You still want to
claim you have no idea what I'm talking about?"
"I haven't the foggiest notion." For the first time,
annoyance was in Laura's voice. She had stopped crying.
"I think you do. Do you know what today's date is? June
29, 1964. Now the Beatles so far have released two albums in
America, _Meet the Beatles_ and _The Beatles' Second Album_.
Actually, they also have a third album on VeeJay Records with
some early songs. There's also an album with songs from their