"Lisa Tuttle - Honey, I'm Home!" - читать интересную книгу автора (Tuttle Lisa)

suspected it was wearing as thin as her accent by now. She didnтАЩt care.
This was home. She had never found the husband she had hoped for, and
dating wasnтАЩt any easier in London, but she had her own flat, a job she
liked, and lots of interesting friends.

тАШIf IтАЩm so happy, why am I hallucinating?тАЩ

тАШWhatтАЩs that, dear?тАЩ

He hadnтАЩt gone away. He was still beside her in a carriage on the
Northern line. She broke into a cold sweat. What if she wasnтАЩt single, didnтАЩt
have a career, didnтАЩt live in London. What if this refugee from an imaginary
1950s America was really her husband, and they had two sons, Wallace
and Theodore. And she did the housework in high heels and pearls. She
moaned softly. It wasnтАЩt possible. Please, let it not be possible.

They got off at Charing Cross and walked up past the opera house,
towards the caf├й. Her heart lifted. There, sitting at one of the tables on the
pavement was someone she knew, an editor at Gollancz in conversation
with a rumpled, seedy-looking individual, undoubtedly an author. His name
flew away without alighting; GinaтАЩs concentration was fixed on her friend
when she introduced Ward.

тАШHello, Ward, nice to meet you.тАЩ

No reaction at all. Gina could not contain herself. With the barest
sketch of an apology, she dragged the other woman off to the ladiesтАЩ room.
 тАШWhatтАЩs up?тАЩ

тАШDoesnтАЩt he remind you of someone? DoesnтАЩt he look a lot like . . .
Ward Cleaver?тАЩ

тАШI thought you said that was his name.тАЩ

тАШBut donтАЩt you remember Leave It to Beaver? No?тАЩ Gina groaned.
SheтАЩd grown up on the series, but that was in another country, and besides .
. . тАШ Just answer this: was there a man in my life the last time I saw you?тАЩ

тАШI donтАЩt think so. No, definitely not. You were talking about putting an
ad in Time Out. Is that where he came from?тАЩ

тАШNo. I donтАЩt know. He just turned up and . . . thereтАЩs something strange
about him. I canтАЩt explain.тАЩ

тАШMmmm. Well, be careful. IтАЩd ask you to join us, but IтАЩm afraid IтАЩm on
my last drink. I really have to get home to the boy.тАЩ

тАШOh, IтАЩll be all right. IтАЩm not afraid of him - heтАЩs just . . . boring.тАЩ

тАШTheyтАЩre the ones you have to look out for. Whatever you do, donтАЩt let