"Tim LaHaye - Left Behind Kids 02 - Second Chance" - читать интересную книгу автора (LaHaye Tim)

a nightmare, like I can't even force myself to go through the door. Does your house feel that way to you?"

"Sort of, but I think I'll get over it. I mean, those clothes give me the creeps, but maybe if I just gathered
'em up and put 'em away, it wouldn't be so bad. I think one night in this tent is enough for me too. You
wanna just go to my place now?"
"I was hoping you'd say that."

It was still dark when Ryan and Lionel packed their stuff in backpacks and rode off toward Lionel's.
They both skidded to a stop two blocks from Lionel's house several min-utes later, just as it came into
view. A beat up old car was parked out front, next to a late-model van, and men were moving in and out
of the house.

"Who are they?" Ryan asked.

"I have no idea," Lionel said, his heart thumping. "Let's get loser without letting them see us."

He and Ryan took a left and circled around the back way. "I wonder if there looters," Lionel whispered
when they dismounted and came toward the house from the back.

"Robbing your house?" Ryan said. "That's happening a lot."

"I can't let 'em do it," Lionel said.

"There are a lot of them and only one of you."

"There are two of us, Ryan."

"Don't get me in on this. This isn't my fight."

"What're you now, a chicken? I would have defended your house against looters. You want 'em to clean
me out?"

"What do I care? It's not my place."

"Some kind of a friend you are."

"I never said I was your friend, Lionel."

Lionel stopped and stared at Ryan. What was this all of a sudden? "Oh, I get it," he said. "I'm fine as
long as I'm keeping you company and giving you something to think about besides yourself and your
parents. But as soon as I need you to help me a little, you're done with me."

"I'm only saying we just met, Lionel. Don't go thinking I'm your best friend who's going to be with you
through everything."

"Believe me, Ryan, I'll never make that mistake again. Why don't you ride on home and stay in your tent
until you're brave enough to go in the house."

"Stop it! That's not fair!"