Видоизмененный углерод

Chapter 7

           Theirvoiceswerefaintlyaudible,honkingtoeachother.Prescott’sofficewasenvironment-formatted,allsixinternalsurfacesprojectingvirtualimages.Currently,hergreymetaldeskwasincongruouslypositionedhalfwaydownaslopingmeadowonwhichthesunwasbeginningtodecline,completewithasmallherdofcattleinthedistanceandoccasionalbirdsong.TheimageresolutionwassomeofthebestI’dseen.

           "Prescott,whatcanyoutellmeaboutLeilaBegin?"

           Thesilencethatensuedpulledmyeyesbackdowntogroundlevel.OumouPrescottwasstaringoffintoacornerofthefield.

           "IsupposeKristinOrtegagaveyouthatname,"shesaidslowly.

           "Yeah."Isatup."ShesaiditwouldgivemesomeinsightintoBancroft.Infact,shetoldmetorunitbyyoutoseeifyourattled."

           Prescottswivelledtofaceme."Idon’tseehowthiscanhaveanybearingonthecaseathand."

           "Tryme."

           "Verywell."Therewasasnapinhervoiceasshesaidit,andadefiantlookonherface."LeilaBeginwasaprostitute.Maybestillis.Fiftyyearsago,Bancroftwasoneofherclients.Throughanumberofindiscretions,thisbecameknowntoMiriamBancroft.ThetwowomenmetatsomefunctiondowninSanDiego,apparentlyagreedtogotothebathroomtogether,andMiriamBancroftbeattheshitoutofLeilaBegin."

           IstudiedPrescott’sfaceacrossthetable,puzzled.

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