"Richard Paul Russo - Watching Lear Dream" - читать интересную книгу автора (Russo Richard Paul)

"Do you miss her?" Lear asked, turning to look at him.

Samuel wondered if guilt could appear on his face or in his eyes; would Lear
even recognize it if it did?

"Sometimes," he said.

Lear nodded. He continued to stare at Samuel, as though waiting for him to say
something, or perhaps trying to come to some decision. But Samuel said nothing,
and eventually Lear just shook his head and looked away.

"I want to be alone," Lear said.

Samuel got up, feeling somehow even guiltier than ever, and walked away, leaving
his old friend behind.

As he neared the village, Samuel had to fight the urge w break into a run. He
was a young man again, heart and mind battling each other, love and betrayal
rekindled, and somehow he didn't care that she wasn't really Teresa, that she
was an organic dream creation of the man he was betraying once again. And he
couldn't believe he was doing this.

When he arrived at the room, she wasn't there, and panic kicked in. He hurried
into the tavern, but she wasn't there, either. Frantic, he ran out into the
street, gaze jumping back and forth, whipping about in all directions, but there
was still no sign of her anywhere.

He leaned against a wall and closed his eyes, forced himself to calm down and
relax. She had to be somewhere nearby. The village wasn't that big, and she
could take care of herself, probably better than he could. He opened his eyes
and set off down the street, searching for her.

HE FOUND HER across the river at the village airfield. She was sitting in the
makeshift open air terminal, watching a small jumper plane preparing for
takeoff. He sat beside her, and she took his hand in hers; her skin was warm and
dry and her touch was almost electric.

"Let's go away," she said, not looking at him, still watching the plane. "We can
take a jumper to Aleron City and the space port, then we get a ship off this
world and start over again somewhere. Without Lear, without the DivCom people."
She turned to him, eyes sparkling with her smile. "Just the two of us, Samuel."

He started to ask her if she was serious, but he knew she was. So he just shook
his head, a strange fear growing inside him.

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