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the bed�察�where he had e to spend more and more of his time�察�haunted her。 The dull morning light on the pillow�察�which still bore the circular indentation of his head�察�was inexpressibly cruel。
Henry thought she'd let Duddits go because they believed the future of the whole world somehow hinged on finding Jonesy�察�and finding him fast。 But that wasn't it。 She had let him go because it was what Duddits wanted。 The dying got signed baseball caps�察�the dying also got to go on trips with old friends。
But it was hard。
Losing him was so hard。
She put her handful of tee´shirts to her face in order to blot out the sight of the bed and there was his smell�此�Johnson's shampoo�察�Dial soap�察�and most of all�察�worst of all�察�the arnica cream she put on his back and legs when his muscles hurt。
In her desperation she reached out to him�察�trying to find him with the two men who had e like the dead and taken him away�察�but his mind was gone。
He's blocked himself off from me�察�she thought。 They had enjoyed ��mostly enjoyed�� their own ordinary telepathy over the years�察�perhaps only different in minor degree from the telepathy most mothers of special children experienced ��she had heard the word rapport over and over again at the support´group meetings she and Alfie sometimes attended���察�but that was gone now。 Duddits had blocked himself off�察�and that meant he knew something terrible was going to happen。
He knew。
Still holding the shirts to her face and inhaling his scent�察�Roberta began to cry again。
17
Kurtz had been okay ��mostly okay�� until they saw the road´flares and blue police lightbars flashing in the grim morning light�察�and beyond it�察�a huge semi lying on its side like a dead dinosaur。 Standing out front�察�so bundled up his face was pletely invisible�察�was a cop waving them toward an exit ramp。
'Fuck��' Kurtz spat。 He had to fight an urge to draw the nine and just start spraying away。 He knew that would be disaster ´ there were other cops running around the stalled semi ´ but he felt the urge�察�all but ungovernable�察�just the same。 They were so close� �Closing in�察�by the hands of the nailed´up Christ� �And then stopped like this� �'Fuck�察�fuck�察�fuck��'
'What do you want me to do�察�boss��' Freddy had asked。 Impassive behind the wheel�察�but he had drawn his own weapon ´ an automatic rifle ´ across his lap。 'If I nail it�察�I think we can skate by on the night。 Gone in sixty seconds。'
Again Kurtz had to fight the urge to just say Yeah�察�punch it�察�Freddy�察�and if one of those bluesuits gets in the way�察�bust his gut for him。 Freddy might get by 。 。 。 but he might not。 He wasn't the driver he thought he was�察�that Kurtz had already ascertained。 Like too many pilots�察�Freddy had the erroneous belief that his skills in the sky were mirrored by skills on the ground。 And even if they did get by�察�they'd be marked。 And that was not acceptable�察�not after General Yellow´Balls Randall had hollered Blue Exit。 His Get´Out´of´Jail´Free card had been revoked。 He was strictly a vigilante now。
Got to do the smart thing�察�he thought。 That's why they pay me the big bucks。
'Be a good boy and just go the way he's pointing you��' Kurtz said。 'In fact�察�I want you to give him a wave and a big thumb's´up when you take the ramp。 Then keep moving south and get back on the turnpike at your earliest opportunity。' He sighed。 'Lord love a duck。' He leaned forward�察�close enough to Freddy to see the whitening fuzz of Ripley in his right ear。 He whispered�察�ardent as a lover�察�'And if you ditch us�察�laddie´buck�察�I'll put a round in the back of your neck。' Kurtz touched the place where the soft nape joined the hard skull。 'Right here。'
Freddy's wooden´Indian face didn't change。 'Yes�察�boss。' Next�察�Kurtz had gripped the now´nearlatose Perlmutter by the shoulder and had shaken him until Pearly's eyes at last fluttered open。
'Lea' me 'lone�察�boss。 Need to sleep。'
Kurtz placed the muzzle of his nine´millimeter against the back of his former aide's head。 'Nope。 Rise and shine�察�buck。 Time for a little debriefing。'
Pearly had groaned�察�but he had also sat up。 When he opened his mouth to say something�察�a tooth had tumbled out onto the front of his parka。 The tooth had looked perfect to Kurtz。 Look�察�Ma�察�no cavities。
Pearly said that Owen and his new buddy were still stopped�察�still in Derry。 Very good。 Yummy。 Not so good fifteen minutes later�察�as Freddy sent the Humvee trudging down another snow´covered entrance ramp and back onto the turnpike。 This was Exit 28�察�only one interchange away from their target�察�but a miss was as good as a mile。
'They're on the move again��' Perlmutter said。 He sounded weak and washed out。
'Goddammit��' He was full of rage ´ sick and useless rage at Owen Underhill�察�who now symbolized ��at least to Abe Kurtz�� the whole sorry�察�busted operation。
Pearly uttered a deep groan�察�a sound of utter�察�hollow despair。 His stomach had begun to rise again。 He was clutching it�察�his cheeks wet with perspiration。 His normally unremarkable face had bee almost handsome in his pain。
Now he let another long and ghastly fart�察�a passage of wind which seemed to go on and on。 The sound of it made Kurtz think of gadgets they'd constructed at summer camp a thousand or so years ago�察�noisemakers that consisted of tin cans and lengths of waxed string。 Bullroarers�察�they'd called them。
The stench that filled the Humvee was the smell of the red cancer growing in Pearly's sewage´treatment plant�察�first feeding on his wastes�察�then getting to the good stuff。 Pretty horrible。 Still�察�there was an upside。 Freddy was getting better and Kurtz had never caught the damned Ripley in the first place ��perhaps he was immune�察�in any case�察�he had taken off the mask and tossed it indifferently in back fifteen minutes ago��。 And Pearly�察�although undoubtedly ill�察�was also valuable�察�a man with a really good radar jammed up his ass。 So Kurtz patted Perlmutter on the shoulder�察�ignoring the stench。 Sooner or later the thing inside him would get out�察�and that would likely mean an end to Pearly's usefulness�察�but Kurtz wouldn't worry about that until he had to。
'Hold on��' Kurtz said tenderly。 'Just tell it to go back to sleep again。'
'You 。 。 。 fucking 。 。 。 idiot��' Perlmutter gasped。
'That's right��' Kurtz agreed。 'Whatever you say�察�buck。' After all�察�he was a fucking idiot。 Owen had turned out to be a cowardly coyote�察�and who had put him in the damn henhouse��
They were passing Exit 27 now。 Kurtz looked up the ramp and fancied he could almost see the tracks of the Hummer Owen was driving。 Somewhere up there�察�on one side of the overpass or the other�察�was the house to which Owen and his new friend had made their inexplicable detour。 Why��
'They stopped to get Duddits��' Perlmutter said。 His belly was going down again and the worst of his pain seemed to have passed。 For now�察�at least。
'Duddits�拭�What kind of name is that��'
'I don't know。 I'm picking this up from his mother。 Him I can't see。 He's different�察�boss。 It's almost as if he's a grayboy instead of human。'
Kurtz felt his back prickle at that。
'The mother thinks of this guy Duddits as both a boy and a man��' Pearly said。 This was the most unprompted munication from him Kurtz had gotten since they'd left Gosselin's。 Perlmutter sounded almost interested�察�by God。
'Maybe he's retarded��' Freddy said。
Perlmutter glanced over at Freddy。 That could be。 Whatever he is�察�he's sick。' Pearly sighed。 'I know how he feels。'
Kurtz patted Perlmutter's shoulder again。 'Chin up�察�laddie。 What about the fellows they're after�拭�This Gary Jones and the supposed Mr Gray��' He didn't much care�察�but there was the possibility that the course and progress of Jones ´ and Gray�察�if Gray existed outside of Owen Underhill's fevered imagination ´ would impact upon the course and progress of Underhill�察�Devlin�察�and 。 。 。 Duddits��
Perlmutter shook his head�察�then closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the seat again。 His little spate of energy and interest seemed to have passed。 'Nothing��' he said。 'Blocked off。'
'Maybe not there at all��'
'Oh�察�something's there��' Perlmutter said。 'It's like a black hole。' Dreamily�察�he said�此�'I hear so many voices。 They're a