"S. M. Stirling - Terminator 1 - T2 Infiltrator" - читать интересную книгу автора (Stirling S. M)

So Sarah Connor had chosen this place from the phone book. They would meet
here after the mission, she'd said. MissionтАФanother word that distanced people
from what they were doing.

Only the destruction of Miles's dreams.

Images crowded into her mind: Miles pressed against his file cabinet, terror on
his face as shots destroyed the room, glass shattering and paper turned to confetti
swirling around him.

"Take Danny and go! Run! Just run!" he'd shouted.

She'd grabbed their son and dragged him toward the front of the house. Then
Miles broke from his office, running toward them. A bullet struck him; she could

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still see the arc of blood as he fell. Tarissa swallowed hard. Then her son had
slipped from her grasp and thrown himself over his father's prone body.

"Don't you hurt ray daddy!" he shouted.

She looked at her son, awed by the courage in that small package. Tarissa put her
hand down on the bed beside him, fearful that touching him might wake him.
She sighed. If what they'd told her was true, then the loss of Miles's dreams was
a small price to pay to ensure that their son and daughter would live to have
dreams of their own one day.

The endless sound of cars shushing by might have been lullingтАж had there been
any possibility that she could sleep. Tarissa sighed again and squeezed her eyes
shut, whispering a brief prayer for Miles's safe return.

Danny started snoring and she looked at him. The corners of her full lips wanted
to lift in affectionate amusement, but she lacked the physical strength, even for
such a little thing.

Call, she thought passionately. Call!

She'd never been good at waiting; that was why she was so punctual herself.
Miles was less so, and had often teased her out of her irritation over his tardiness
by asserting that opposites attract. He'd slide his arms around her, his beautiful
dark eyes smilingтАж Tarissa shook her head.

But this wasn't just waiting. This was slow torture.

Call!

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