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

 тАЬOh, yeah. I froze it as soon as you ran off. ThatтАЩs why itтАЩs really going
to hurt.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs still pretty amazing you can just plug it back in.тАЭ

тАЬYou people play games with pint-sized dinosaurs and you think thatтАЩs
amazing?тАЭ Wilson laughed and gave him a bottle of pills.

As soon as Wilson was out the door, Myrna came in. She looked
differentтАФsame short hair, same tiny nose. Eyes were the same color but
wet: sheтАЩd been crying.

He didnтАЩt have time to see much more. She was hugging him. тАЬYou
got your arm bit off. IтАЩm going to smack Tom.тАЭ

тАЬHe didnтАЩt mean it.тАЭ

тАЬHe did. HeтАЩs a dinosaur. He canтАЩt help but mean it.тАЭ

Mike didnтАЩt argue. He liked the feeling of her breasts beneath her
shirt. He liked the way she talked. He liked her smell. He could tell things
were going to get better. He had a feeling for these things.

She pulled back and looked at him and he figured out what it was.

тАЬWhatтАЩs the white stuff on your face?тАЭ He touched it. It felt like sand.

тАЬTile dust.тАЭ

тАЬAh.тАЭ He started to take both her hands, thought better of it, took only
one.

She smiled and it made the whole room light up. They didnтАЩt speak for
a moment.

тАЬI almost missed you today,тАЭ she said in a faint, scared voice.

He understood she wasnтАЩt going anywhere. тАЬMe, too.тАЭ Mike nodded
and took a deep breath. тАЬMe, too.тАЭ