We're even.Ĭonsidering that Ofelia made the arrangements in the middle of the night, she didn't do badly. Well, I never told you that what Luna wanted from me was the photograph that Pribluda called the Havana Yacht Club. Luna pulled the lobby doors closed." This is justice." He needn't have bothered, the hammer snapped on an empty breech. Luna shook his head." I don't think so." Arkady aimed over the sergeant's head and squeezed the trigger. Ofelia aimed the Makarov, loaded or not, at the doll. The man-sized doll had been riding in the back of the car, still wearing its red bandanna, still holding its walking stick in its other hand, its dark expression the glower of a kidnap victim. He grabbed its wrist and twisted in his seat to the figure of Change. Arkady pushed the car as fast as it could go until the sergeant was out of sight.Ī black hand swung around Arkady's seat and hit him in the chest. He drove toward the streetlamp, and when he was a block beyond he looked back through the gaping rear window to see Luna running after. The left-front fender was crushed, and left turns seemed to be impossible. As the doors burst open, the Lada landed askew on the steps, righted itself and shouldered through debris. Missed him, but as the hanging bulb flared to life Arkady saw an electric highway of glass leading to the doors and followed. He backed into a column hard enough to rock the balcony, shot forward and aimed at Luna, silhouetted by crystals on his shoulders. The falling ladder had grazed the bulb, and as the light swung, goats, stairs, statues swayed from side to side. Why didn't you think of that?Īrkady peeled off enough windshield to see. He said Rufo's television was warm, so he knew you were there. Osorio pressed her mouth to Arkady's ear." My gun."
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