"Steven Popkes - [SS] Bread and Circus" - читать интересную книгу автора (Popkes Steven)

John: You said that right. As big as he is, I never would have thought
Sebastian could knock Tom off his feet.

Al: Look out. TomтАЩs back up. HeтАЩs going for him.

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тАЬOh, youтАЩre not even listening to me. ThatтАЩs the trouble. With you, the
job is everything. Where is the time for us? That was the only good thing I
thought might come of this move. WeтАЩd have to have time for each other.
Maybe we should spend some time apart.тАЭ

Carly shot the ball back in the field. Jesus, heтАЩs good. I need to give
him a raise.

тАЬWhat?тАЭ He looked at the mouthpiece of the headset as if she were
there. тАЬI donтАЩt understand.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs likely for the best. You can concentrate on your ... game. And we
can decide if we should, well, you know, stay together.тАЭ

тАЬHoneyтАФтАЭ The ball was in the air, it shot to the left like a live thing,
then like a bird, it slipped past Sebastian. тАЬYes! Oh, yes.тАЭ And suddenly he
was yelling. They were back in the game.

тАЬMike, you donтАЩt have to take my ear off.тАЭ
 тАЬSorry.тАЭ He felt his grin from ear to ear fade. Then, he saw Sebastian
start to chase Vlad. тАЬUh oh.тАЭ

тАЬSometimes I donтАЩt think we were ever suited.тАЭ There was a click.

тАЬBye,тАЭ Mike said absently as he started running.

Tom went down hard and for a moment, the air seemed stilled. Then,
Tom roared back to his feet.

тАЬStop,тАЭ yelled Mike.

Tom was unintelligible.

Mike grabbed his tail. тАЬNot this game. Not this time.тАЭ

Tom swatted at him but Mike wouldnтАЩt let go.

Tom noticed him for the first time. He reached around and bit off
MikeтАЩs arm.

The world seemed to flash suddenly white. Everything slowed down.
Tom straightened up and stared at Mike. Then spit out the arm, glanced
over at Sebastian and turned away, lumbering back into the BravesтАЩ zone.