"Wilson, F Paul - adversary 3 - The Touch" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wilson F. Paul)

"The ER, you said."
"Yeah, there. But I made a house call on the way home."
"You should have been a dermatologistЕ no ER or house calls." .
Alan made no comment. They'd been over this ground too many times before.
"Okay," she said after a while. "On whom did you make this house call?" Ginny
had become very precise in her grammar over the years.
"Sylvia Nash."
Her eyebrows lifted. "What's she got? Herpes?"
"Pull in the claws, dear. I was there to see her little boy, whoЧ"
Ginny bolted upright. "Wait a second! You were in that house? The one in the
article? What was it like? Was it like the pictures? Did she give you a tour?"
"No. I was about to tell you that her little boy had abdominal pain andЧ"
"But didn't you get to see the house?"
"Well, the foyer and the boy's bedroom. After allЧ"
Ginny grimaced with annoyance. "Ohhh, I'd give anything to see that place!"
"Really?" Alan said with a sinking sensation. This wasn't going the way he had
expected. In fact, it was going the worst possible way. He decided to cover all
exits. "That's too bad. If I'd known you felt that way I'd have accepted her
invitation to the party at her place on Saturday night. But I told her we
couldn't make it."
She rose to her knees on the bed, hands on hips. "You what?"
"I told her we were busy."
"How could you without asking me?"
"I just figured that since you called herЧwhat was it? A tramp?Чthe last time
her name came up, that you wouldn't want to have anything to do with her."
"I don't! I just want to see that house! You call her back first thing tomorrow
and tell her we're coming. With bells on!"
"I don't know if I can, Ginny." She had that gleam in her eye and he knew there
would be no turning her around.
"Of course you can! And if you won't, I will!"
"That's okay!" he said quickly. "I'll handle it." God knew what Sylvia might say
to Ginny on the phone. "Just didn't think you'd want to go to a party thrown by
someone you consider a tramp."
"But don't you want to go?" she said with arched eyebrows. "As I remember, you
came to her defense pretty quickly when I made the remark."
"That's because I don't believe everything I hear."
"Everybody knows about her. And look at the way she dresses, the way she vamps
aroundЧ"
"Vamps?"
"Чand those wild parties where there's always a fight or something. And she's
got to be into cocaine."
"I wouldn't know about that." Alan couldn't be sure, but he didn't think Sylvia
was into anything stronger than champagne. He hoped not.
"You like her, don't you?" It sounded like a question but it wasn't. "Sure you
don't have something going with her?"
"I can't hide it any longer, Ginny!" Alan shouted. "We've been lovers since the
day Lou introduced us!"
Ginny yawned. "Figured as much."
Alan looked away. It was nice to know Ginny had that kind of faith in him. Did
he deserve it?