Noch', kogda ona umerla

Esli by Saymon Kheyli znal, chto glukhoy noch'yu na skorostnom shosse on vstretit Lorenu Medison, i esli by on znal, chto ona emu prinesyet, to on ne prosto ne poekhal by etoy dorogoy - on ostalsya by doma, i spal by v svoey krovati. I, ne nazovi Lorena imeni zhenshchiny, kotoruyu Saymon tak dolgo staralsya zabyt', eto priklyuchenie ne prodlilos' by dolgo. I vot vmesto togo, chtoby na sleduyushchee utro ekhat' po delam, Saymon vozvrashchaetsya v rodnoy gorod i naveshchaet byvshego kollegu. Potom on edet v drugoy gorod i nanosit vizit vezhlivosti staromu znakomomu. I dazhe predstavit' ne mozhet, chto bukval'no cherez neskol'ko dney koleso sud'by zakrutitsya ochen' bystro, i chto sud'by tryekh muzhchin snova budut svyazany s odnoy zhenshchinoy - tak, kak ono bylo neskol'ko let nazad. Mozhet, vsye bylo by inache, esli by kogda-to Izol'da Patterson, biznes-ledi, uspeshnaya v delakh i nastol'ko zhe neschastnaya v lyubvi, ne svela ikh vmeste, pomimo voli zastaviv sopernichat' drug s drugom? Mozhet byt'. No vsye tochno bylo by inache, esli by Izol'da ne obratilas' za pomoshch'yu k Lorene Medison i ne poluchila by ot neye amulet... i znay Izol'da, chto sluchitsya potom, ona vryad li poblagodarila by Lorenu za takoy podarok.