"Stephenie Meyer - Twilight 03 - Eclipse" - читать интересную книгу автора (Meyer Stephanie)

тАЬI wanted to talk to you.тАЭ

I laid the book aside; the binding was so destroyed that it slumped flat to the table. тАЬYou could have just
asked.тАЭ

He nodded, his eyebrows pulling together. тАЬYeah. IтАЩll remember that next time. I thought taking dinner
off your hands would soften you up.тАЭ

I laughed. тАЬIt worked тАФ your cooking skills have me soft as a marshmallow. What do you need, Dad?тАЭ

тАЬWell, itтАЩs about Jacob.тАЭ

I felt my face harden. тАЬWhat about him?тАЭ I asked through stiff lips.

тАЬEasy, Bells. I know youтАЩre still upset that he told on you, but it was the right thing. He was being
responsible.тАЭ

тАЬResponsible,тАЭ I repeated scathingly, rolling my eyes. тАЬRight. So, what about Jacob?тАЭ

The careless question repeated inside my head, anything but trivial.What about Jacob? Whatwas I
going to do about him? My former best friend who was now . . . what? My enemy? I cringed.

CharlieтАЩs face was suddenly wary. тАЬDonтАЩt get mad at me, okay?тАЭ

тАЬMad?тАЭ

тАЬWell, itтАЩs about Edward, too.тАЭ

My eyes narrowed.

CharlieтАЩs voice got gruffer. тАЬI let him in the house, donтАЩt I?тАЭ

тАЬYou do,тАЭ I admitted. тАЬFor brief periods of time. Of course, you might let meout of the house for brief
periods now and then, too,тАЭ I continued тАФ only jokingly; I knew I was on lockdown for the duration of
the school year. тАЬIтАЩve been pretty good lately.тАЭ

тАЬWell, thatтАЩs kind of where I was heading with this. . . .тАЭ And then CharlieтАЩs face stretched into an
unexpected eye-crinkling grin; for a second he looked twenty years younger.

I saw a dim glimmer of possibility in that smile, but I proceeded slowly. тАЬIтАЩm confused, Dad. Are we
talking about Jacob, or Edward, or me being grounded?тАЭ

The grin flashed again. тАЬSort of all three.тАЭ

тАЬAnd how do they relate?тАЭ I asked, cautious.

тАЬOkay.тАЭ He sighed, raising his hands as if in surrender. тАЬSo IтАЩm thinking maybe you deserve a parole for
good behavior. For a teenager, youтАЩre amazingly non-whiney.тАЭ
My voice and eyebrows shot up. тАЬSeriously? IтАЩm free?тАЭ