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He spoke quietly, without looking at her.
Оглавление“There were times when my rage, my determination to find you and get even with you, was the only thing that sustained me.”
She smiled a sad little smile. “I swore never to speak to you again. I vowed to myself never to need you again. Never to ask anything of you.”
When she didn’t go on, he prompted, “And now?”
“I realize you’ll never look at me and see something other than a collaborator with your enemies.”
He peered at her in the dusk, trying to make out the expression in her eyes. But she’d averted her face until all he saw was a glistening track down her cheek.
After a moment, she continued. “If there’s anything I can do to help you catch the people who kidnapped you, I’ll do it. Just say the word.”
He turned over her words for a while. Finally he said gravely, “I do have one request of you.”
“Name it.”
“Kiss me.”