"Bradley-WeLoveLydiaLove" - читать интересную книгу автора (Bradley Denton)

would. She's gone zombie on me. Sometimes when she's lying on the floor with a
bowl of bean dip on her stomach, watching the tube through half-closed eyes, I
wonder if she was the one who decided to end her previous relationships. I
wonder if maybe one or two of the men made the decision themselves.

Why do you think I took that side trip to Nepal?

She has a gym full of exercise equipment, but she hasn't gone in there since
I've come back. So I've been working out by myself to take the edge off my
frustration, and I'm heading there now while she watches a tape of a lousy old
movie called A Star Is Born. A run on the treadmill sounds appropriate.

Even the sex has started going downhill.

We could look elsewhere. I was starting to, before the plane crash.

No. Forget I said anything. Lydia's just moody; that's part of what makes her
who she is. It would be stupid of me to mess up a good thing.

Isn't that what you're supposed to be doing?

I don't know. Are we talking about Willie or Christopher? According to CCA,
Willie is here to give Lydia someone to break up with, but Christopher ought to
be here because he cares about her. So which one am I?

You are Christopher.

All right, then. We can't just let things go on like this, so let's try
something. Lydia hasn't picked up a guitar since I came back, and neither have
I. Maybe if she and I played together --

She's too critical of other guitar players. We don't like being humiliated.

In front of whom?

Ourselves. And the people behind the walls.

But CCA's already agreed to put out my album. They already know I'm good. What
difference will it make if Lydia and I play a few tunes together?

CCA is putting out an album by Willie Todd. You are Christopher.

I don't care.

So I hop off the treadmill, and as I start to leave the gym, Lydia appears in
the doorway. She's wearing the same gray sweats she wore yesterday and the day
before. Her skin is blotchy, and she looks strung out. It occurs to me that she
might be taking drugs.

Of course she is. When things don't go her way, she takes something. Or breaks