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Аноним13 апреля 2017 г.Friend or enemy, you walked on eggshells around them, and you dealt with a minimum of one nervous breakdown or tantrum per project. But they were one of the only resources we had on hand.
09- Аноним13 апреля 2017 г.
“You look like you’ve been through hell. It’s only been a week.”
“Has it?” I asked. “Damn.”
“I can’t help but think of the pictures of U.S. presidents before and after they take office. They look drained, aged by years. You look like that.”07 - Аноним13 апреля 2017 г.Читать далее
“Before I say anything else, we have reached out to the Lord of Toronto on your behalf. He does not know who you are, and views you only as a new practitioner who wants to abide by the rules. He has agreed to let you return to your home and that agreement will give you some security.”
“Okay,” I said. I couldn’t remember him talking. Tired as I was, I was pretty sure any noise along those lines would have woken me up. “That some kind of magical communication? Lawyer telepathy?”
He turned his head and tapped his left ear.
Right. Bluetooth. Obviously.
010 - Аноним13 апреля 2017 г.
For him to be ‘very nearly drunk’ was the equivalent of another man being in the hospital for alcohol poisoning.
07 - Аноним13 апреля 2017 г.
“It’s not a kid’s television show,” Andy told me, “where the antagonist makes the Machiavellian plan and then abandons that plan completely the first time it fails. People fail, they revise, they adjust parameters, then they achieve victory through persistence and hard work.”
06 - Аноним13 апреля 2017 г.
“These people you owe? Are they dead?” he asked.
“No. Very much alive.”
He nodded. “You’re lucky.”
I frowned. “Am I? Because it’s a quiet sort of hell, knowing you owe someone everything, and once in a while you have to look them in the eye.”07 - Аноним13 апреля 2017 г.
I’d accept your apology, but it’s kind of hard to when we’re talking about me being murdered at your hands.
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The neighborhood was a nice one, as the local neighborhoods went. Big houses, old-fashioned, with large yards. Many, including the house in front of me, had additions or garages that came close to a small house in size. It wasn’t up to par with the two million dollar homes in the better areas of Toronto, but it was the sort of place I could see myself living, somewhere down the road.
If I got that far.
It had always been a sort of ‘if I got that far’ thing, but it had been about money, before. Now it was more the living part that was under question.
05 - Аноним13 апреля 2017 г.
“It’s supposed to be harder than that,” she said. “Pretty sure.”
“Good thing you didn’t tell me before I tried anything,” I said.05