"Pike, Christopher - Whisper Of Death.(1991)TXT" - читать интересную книгу автора (Pike Christopher)

"You weren't in there long."

"I'm a quick fix." I opened the door to the outside.
Faint blue light shone in the east. "Let's get out of
here."

Pepper hurried after me. "Are you sure you're all
right?"

"I'm perfect," I said stepping outside into the cool
morning air. "Give me the keys. I want to drive."

"Rox, you can't. You just had an operation."

I paused on the opposite side of the car from him. "I
didn't do it."

"You didn't have the abortion?" he asked, shocked.

"No. And I don't want to argue about it."

"Rox?"

I put up my hand. "I just want to go home, OK?
Give me the keys."

He tossed me the keys, reluctantly. We climbed in
the car and drove away. I half expected the ugly fat
nurse to come bursting out of the clinic shouting for
us to stop. But we left in silence.

And the silence followed us.

"I think we should talk about this," Pepper said
softly, five minutes later when we were on the out-
skirts of Foster. The town was twice the size of Salem,
but that wasn't saying it was big. Soon we would be in
the desert.

"I've decided to have the baby," I said calmly. "We
can talk all you want. I think you're right-we should
talk. But I'm not going to change my mind. If that's
not all right with you, I understand. You won't have to
be responsible for raising our daughter. If you don't
pay child support, I won't take any kind of legal action
against you. You'll be free to live your life exactly as
you want."

He stared at me for a while before responding. I