"Wayne Wightman - The Attack Of The Ignoroids" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wightman Wayne)

"Who knows. He may be in there with a houseful of flamers." I got out of the car
while Cleetis breathed heavily.

"I don't want nothing to do with no flamers, boss. They unnerve me."

"Pretend it's lights-out on the cell block, Cleetis. Watch for creepers."

He shuddered as I left him.

The front door was open behind the screen door, and the breeze that blew through
the house smelled like seaweed. I drew back my hand to knock and the porch light
next to my face flared like a runway beacon.

"Herrow, Mr. Ramden," said a shadowy face on the other side of the screen. "Make
self inside." He turned on a ceiling light and pushed the screen open. "I have
expected you."

Khamphang LaNuit-Gomez was old, sunken-chested, and had a neat rim of bristly
white hair around his head. He wore a clean white T-shirt, baggy faded blue
pants, and rubber thongs. The living room had three things in it arranged in a
triangle: a thrift-shop sofa, a portable TV on the floor, and a wooden kitchen
chair. He gestured politely to the chair. He sat in the middle of his earthtone
houndstooth sofa and looked like a stickman with his ankles crossed, his clasped
hands between his knees, and a big smile on his crinkly face. "So nice I see
you, Mr. Ramden."

There were no wires or unusual attachments on the kitchen chair, so I sat down.
We stared at each other a few seconds. I wanted to make the old guy uneasy, but
it wasn't working. He grinned and nodded to me.

"You may ask first question," he said.

"Do you work for the IRS?"

"No," he said crisply.

"Who do you work for?"

"Want to work for you."

I noted that he didn't answer the question. "Well," I said, "I probably could
use some help fixing up the bum holes in my yard. Next question: Why did the
woman bum up in front of me today?"

"Because to make you pay attention. I want to see you soon, Mr. Ramden. We have
very interesting problem. You can help."

"You burned up this woman so I would come here? Why didn't you use the phone?
You know, give me a call. You think because I'm a landlord I don't have