Book1:TeDream-Maker (第48/166页)

witawayascasuallyastakingsomethingoutoftheirpocketsandthrowingitintothegarbage.’TheversationwasgettingtoosteepforDornatouand，sosheinterruptedsaying，

    "Anyway，IknowI’maliveandIwanttolivewell.”

    "Whywereyouscaredwhenyousawthepolilookingatyoutoday?"

    "Nothing．I’mpyinghide-and-seekwiththem.”

    "Iknow.You’vebeenbreakingintohousesinthisregion.Youdon’ttakeanything,butyoucreatehavocthere,sothey’relookingforyht?"

    "Everyhousehasafamilyandeveryfamilyhasafamilylife．Ineverhadoneandwascurioustoseewhatgoeson．That’sall．ButI’vefounditb．Theyeat,sleep,wash，gotothebathroomallihosefourwalls．Thesamedullroutinedayafterday．Howtheystandit?Nowtakemeforexample．IdowhatIwantandgowhereIwill，pletelycarefree.’

    “Myviewsexactly!Butlifeisnotonlythat．There’samoreserioussidetoit．Someonegavebirthtousandwehavetogivebirthtoothers，bringthemup，educatethem．That’sanironcdrule．Whydomodernpeoplewanttobreakupthisnaturalcycle?"

    "Sh..."Thegirgaininterruptedhim．ThestenchofheavybodyodoralertedDorna，whoseprotectiveinstinctwasalwaystuodangerlikethatofwildjungleanimals．ShegrabbedDimitri’shandandwhispered，

    "Thatbigbullyisnear．I’llttothreeandwe’llmoutofherefast!"Sheted1，2，3，awoofthemsuddenlystoodupfromthebendran．Big-Oappearedfrombehindthebendtookafterthem,cursing．DornadraggedtheggingDimitriafterher，saying，"Quick,olddog．He’llkillyouandputyouigrinderifhecatchesyou.”Theydisappearedoncemoreintothemazeofalleys．

    ThetwoofthemhidbehindaphohandwatchedasBig-Orushedontothese，pantingandcursing,lookiandrightforthem．Heturnedroundandwalkedpurposefullyintothephoh.Theyheardhimbellowing，

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    "eonouthereallofyou．Ifoundthatchick．She’swiththatolddog!Hecheatedus!IsweartoGodI’llFKthehelloutofthatchidputthatolddogintoameatgriryingtomesswithme?eonouthere，fast!"Hecameoutoftheboothandstalkedabout，fuming，waitingfang．

    "I’llfixhim!"mutteredDorna．"I’llteachhimnottomesswithme!"WhileBig-O’sbackwasturned,sheslippedintothephohanddialed911．

    "Somebodyistryingtokillus．Pleasecallthepolice.Theyarefugitivesthepolicearelookingfor．"

    "Whereareyou?"

    "Idon’tknow．It’sphoh#XXX-XXXX.”Shehungupandslippedoutwithoutbeied．

    "Thepolitme．Theseguyswaoo．Letthemfightitoutamongthemselvesandwe’llwatchthefireworksfromhere.”Dornasaid．

    "Gosh!Ireallydon’tknowwhattosay”saidDimitri.Soohugsarrived．

    "They’rejustaroundhere．Let’slookforthem.”Justthenthescreamingofsirenswereheardandpolicecarsarrivedonthesesurroundingthearea．

    "Whatthehell!"cursedBig-Opullingouthisgun．Sodidhismen．

    "It’sBig-Oandhismen!"

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    "They’recop-killers!We’regonnanailthemtodayorI’llbeason-of-a-bitch!"

    "I’llbeattheSh1ToutofthemwheourhandsonthemandmakethemcryMammy!"

    Theloud-speakersounded，"Police．Putdownyouronsandsurrenderorwe’llbeforeinayou...”Gunshotssoundedbeforehewasfinishedandthepolicereturnedfire．

    "See!Thefireworksarebeginning!It’stimetogo．Letthemfightitoutamongthemselves.”DimitriandDornaslippedawayduringtheensuingchaosabacktotheolddipidatedshelterinthealley．

    "Thisisnowayto