Less Than Zero

I think about Blair alone in her bed stroking that stupid black cat and the billboard that says, 'Disappear Here' and Julian's eyes and wonder if he's for sale and people are afraid to merge and the way the pool at night looks, the lighted water, glowing in the backyard.

'Where are your parents?' I ask.
'My parents?'
'Yeah.'
'In Japan, I think.'
'What are they doing there?'
'Shopping.'
I nod.
'They might be in Aspen,' he says. 'Does it make any difference?'

I come to a red light, tempted to go through it, then stop once I see a billboard that I don't remember seeing and I look up at it. All it says is 'Desappear Here' and even though it's probably an ad for some resort, it still freaks me out a little and I step on the gas really hard and the car screeches as I leave the light.

– Я хочу уехать обратно, – говорит Дэниел тихо, через силу.
– Куда? – неуверенно спрашиваю я.
Долгая пауза, убивающая меня. Дэниел допивает свой бокал, трогает темные очки, которые все еще на нем, и говорит:
– Я не знаю. Просто обратно.