"Kit Reed - Unlimited" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reed Kit)

Meanwhile, elsewhere: In deepest Brentwood just north of Sunset,
producer/developer Whitney Ryder is waked by a phone bleating. He swims in his
empty bed, groping for the damn thing. Got to stop that noise! It is late afternoon.
DaphneтАЩs been gone since Sunday тАФ no biggie тАФ and heтАЩs snorted and popped a
few things in the interim, not because heтАЩs bummed, exactly, just to ride the wave
until he hears from Bobby that the big deal is completed.

It is not exactly nice to be awake right now. The larger circumstances of
RyderтАЩs life have begun sliding into place like massive stones on rollers moving in to
seal some pharaohтАЩs tomb.

Pawing through yellow satin sheets, he hits a lump. тАЬGotcha!тАЭ He snaps like a
seal catching a fish and pops talk with his thumb, shouting, тАЬRyder!тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs me,тАЭ Bobby says. тАЬYou donтАЩt have to yell.тАЭ

ItтАЩs Bobby. тАЬI was asleep!тАЭ

тАЬWhile Rome is fucking burning,тАЭ Bobby says. Bobby finished U.C.L.A.
before he moved up from the mail room to become RyderтАЩs assistant. HeтАЩs right in
there with the classical allusions. ItтАЩs one of the reasons Ryder keeps him around.
тАЬWeтАЩve lost the deal.тАЭ тАЬFill me in.тАЭ

тАЬDrove my Chew to the levee but the levee was dry.тАЭ Never one to say a thing
just once, Bobby says, тАЬI called our money but our money isnтАЩt returning our
calls.тАЭ

тАЬThey тАФ what?тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm telling you, somebody got to them.тАЭ

тАЬOur money?тАЭ Betrayed, Ryder howls, тАЬSomebody got to our money?тАЭ

тАЬSomebody got to our money.тАЭ Bobby rides on. тАЬThey backed off and
Maxamar waltzed in and scooped up the property.тАЭ

тАЬMaxamar! Bastard, bastard!тАЭ Ryder growls. тАЬGetchell!тАЭ
 тАЬYou donтАЩt know it was Getchell,тАЭ Bobby says.

тАЬMy best friend! ItтАЩs gotta be.тАЭ Yes there is a rat loose in the infrastructure.
Gnawing at his vitals. Ryder snaps, тАЬWho the hell else could it be?тАЭ

тАЬHe wished you success,тАЭ Bobby says like a good assistant.

тАЬYeah, right,тАЭ Ryder says bitterly. тАЬRight before he walked.тАЭ HeтАЩs pissed at
Getchell; best buds since fourth grade in Ocala, coming up together under the
Florida sun, two little kids with big ambitions. Move west, make it big in L.A.
Together. Three days before the key meeting, his sandbox pally Duane Getchell
takes his marbles and walks. тАЬEight bucks gets you 160 K it was Getchell.тАЭ