"Robb, J D - In Death 23 - Survivor in Death" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robb J D)

УOrange Fizzy.Ф
УOkay, I'll see if--Ф
УNo, I went down to get one. I'm not supposed to, but I went down to get one, and Linnie
didn't want to wake up and come. I went down to the kitchen, and I saw.Ф
With blood smeared on both of them now, Eve decided washing up would have to wait. УWhat
did you see, Nixie?Ф
УThe shadow, the man, who went into Inga's room. I thought... I was going to watch, just for a
minute, if they were going to do it, you know.Ф
УDo what?Ф
УSex. I wasn't supposed to, but I did, and I saw!Ф
There were tears and snot as well as blood on the kid's face now. With nothing else handy, Eve
pulled a wipe rag out of her field kit and passed it over.
УWhat did you see?Ф
УHe had a big knife and he cut her, he cut her bad.Ф She closed her own hand over her throat.
УAnd there was blood.Ф
УCan you tell me what happened then?Ф
As the tears gushed, she rubbed the wipe and her hands over her cheeks, smearing them with
blood. УHe left. He didn't see me, and he left and I got Inga's 'link and I called Emergency.Ф
УThat's stand-up thinking, Nixie. That was really smart.Ф
УBut I wanted Mom.Ф Her voice cracked with tears and mucus flowing. УI wanted Dad, and I
went up the back way, Inga's way, and I saw them. Two of them. They were going into my
room, and Coyle's room, and I knew what they would do, but I wanted my mom, and I
crawled in, and I got their blood on me, and I saw them. They were dead. They're all dead,
aren't they? Everybody. I couldn't go look. I went to hide.Ф
УYou did right. You did exactly right. Look at me. Nixie.Ф She waited until those drenched eyes
met hers. УYou're alive, and you did everything right. Because you did, it's going to help me find
the people who did this, and make them pay.Ф
УMy mommy's dead.Ф Crawling into Eve's lap, she wept and wept and wept.
It was nearly five a.m. before Eve could get back to Peabody, and the work.
УHow's the kid?Ф
УNo better than you'd expect. Got the social worker and a doctor with her. Cleaning her up,
doing a physical. I had to swear an oath I wouldn't leave the house before she'd unclamp
herself.Ф
УYou found her, came when she called for help kind of thing.Ф
УShe made the nine-one-one on the housekeeper's pocket 'link, from down there.Ф She caught
Peabody up with Nixie's timetable.
УFrom what she was able to tell me so far, it jibes with how it looks to me--efficient professional
job. Come in. Bypass or jam alarms and security. One takes the housekeeper. That's the first
hit. She's isolated, on another floor, and they need to deal with her first, insure she doesn't wake
up, catch a whiff and tag the cops. Other guy's probably upstairs, ready to move if anybody up
there wakes up. Then they do the parents together.Ф
УOne for each,Ф Peabody agreed. УNo noise, no struggle. Deal with the adults first. Kids aren't
a big worry.Ф
УOne takes the boy, one takes the girl. They're expecting one boy, one girl. It was dark, so the
fact they killed the wrong kid doesn't necessarily mean they didn't know the family personally.
They were expecting to find one small blonde girl, and they did. Job's done, and they walk out.Ф
УNo blood trail leading out of the house.Ф
УSeal up in protective gear, strip it off when you're done. No muss, no fuss. You get time of
deaths?Ф
УOh two-fifteen on the housekeeper. Maybe three minutes later on Dad, Mom right after.