Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

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           ThenextdayTommywentshoppingwithKathyinLancaster,wheretheyboughtabeautifulchenillebedspreadforapresent.KathypointedoutthatthiswasjustaboutthedatefourteenyearsagothattheirmotherhadbecomeMrs.ChalmerMilligan.

           AfterdinnerwithDorothyandDelandaquiet,pleasantvisitwithKathy,TommysatinthecarandwaiteduntilAllencametodrivehimbacktoChanningway.

           AssoonasAllengotbacktotheapartment,hefloppedintobed...

           AndDavidwokeup.Hedidn’tknowwhyhewasfeelingsobad.Somethingwaswrongaroundhere,buthedidn’tknowwhat.HewanderedaroundtheapartmentandtriedtoreachArthurorAllenorRagen,butnobodywouldcome.Everybodywasmadateverybodyelse.ThenhesawthebulletsfromRagensgunintheplasticbagunderthecouch,andthegunundertheredchair,andheknewthatwasverybad,becauseRagenalwayskepthisgunslockedaway.

           HerememberedwhatArthurhadalwaystoldhim:"Ifthere’severanytroubleorsomebody’sdoingsomethingbadandyoucan’treachanyoneforhelp,callthebobbies."Heknew"bobbies"wasArthur’swayofsayingpolice,becauseArthurhadwrittenthepolicenumberonthepaperbesidethetelephone.Hepickedthereceiverupanddialedthenumber.Whenamananswered,Davidsaid,"Somebodyisdoingbadthingsaroundhere.Somethingisgoingon.Everything’swrong