"Kristine Kathryn Rusch - Remodeling" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rusch Kristine Kathryn)

Her ticket was coach, but she had the double seat to herself. As she stretched out on it, trying to keep her legs cove
with the blanket she bought in the snack bar, she planned her next move.

She'd get off the train at the first interesting stop. Maybe she'd stay there, maybe she wouldn't. She'd look around,
though, and see if she liked what she saw.

Once she found a suitable home, she'd use the last of her business funds to rent a place, get a job, and figure out ho
live her life with her eyes open instead of closed.

She'd keep expenses low. She'd still need money to send back to Gavin. She had a hunch the divorce would be
complicated, and she wasn't sure how the Urbanicks would react to her admission of what Rick had done.

It wouldn't surprise her if they sued. She had to be prepared for everything, and she would face it all when the time
came.

So would Rick. A jury was going to send him to the home he deserved—a place filled with nasty neighbors, constan
noise, and lights that burned long into the endless prison night.

And there would be nothing he could do about any of it.

He wouldn't even be able to move away.

Ada sighed. She was the one who was moving. For the very last time. She would find a place she liked and stay the
until she was an old woman.
 She would become a fixture in her neighborhood, a friendly woman who tolerated her neighbors’ idiosyncrasies the
they tolerated hers.

Voices echoed in the darkness behind her, and a conductor came by, checking on passengers in the middle of the ni
Ada closed her eyes and listened to the clack-clack of the train moving along the track, the wail of a baby three rows b
and the short grunting snores of a man across the aisle.

The sound of people living their lives.

Enjoying their lives.

Just like she planned to enjoy hers.




Copyright © 2002 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.