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R STORIES THE EVENING AND THE MORNING AND THE NIGHT the three e had no than you most Jork with “Go home," she said. “Decide what to think. It's the t important decision you'll ever make.” He looked at me. I went to him, not sure how he'd react, not sure he'd want me no matter what he decided. “What are you going to do?” he asked. The question startled me. “You have a choice," I said. “I don't. If she's right ... how could I not wind up running a retreat?" ven that der your der my on from Cust her "Do you want to?" I swallowed. I hadn't really faced that question yet. Did I want to spend my life in something that was basically a refined DGD ward? “No!" "But you will." Yes." I thought for a moment, hunted for the right words. “You'd do it." Huality - have power better "What?" "If the pheromone were something only men had, you would do it." That silence again. After a time he took my hand, and we followed Beatrice out to the car. Before I could get in with him and our guard-escort, she caught my arm. I jerked away reflexively. By the time I caught myself, I had swung around as though I meant to hit her. Hell, I did mean to hit her, but I stopped myself in time. “Sorry," I said with no attempt at sincerity. She held out a card until I took it. "My private number," she said. “Before seven or after nine, usually . You and I will communicate best by phone." I resisted the impulse to throw the card away. God, she brought out the child in me. but vork ffer or- ally ER STORIES n. Several THE EVENING AND THE MORNING AND THE NIGHT te distinct, aled badly. “Yes," Beatrice said. “She just wants to know that they cared for you." "They did," he said. “They kept their promise to you, Mother." vhen she Sind any condered at them. been an before Several seconds passed. Naomi made sounds that even Alan took to be weeping, and he tried to comfort her. “Who else is here?” she said finally. This time Alan looked at me. I repeated what she had said. "Her name is Lynn Mortimer," he said. “I'm ..." He paused awkwardly. “She and I are going to be married.” After a time, she moved back from him and said my name. My first impulse was to go to her. I wasn't afraid or repelled by her now, but for no reason I could explain, I looked at Beatrice. “Go,” she said. “But you and I will have to talk later." I went to Naomi, took her hand. "Bea?” she said. "I'm Lynn," I said softly. She drew a quick breath. “No," she said. “No, you're ..." "I'm Lynn. Do you want Bea? She's here." She said nothing. She put her hand to my face, explored it slowly. I let her do it, confident that I could stop her if she turned violent. But first one hand, then both, went over me very gently. "You'll marry my son!” she said finally. "Yes." curned nging thing own- ght, ords u?” of "Good. You'll keep him safe.” As much as possible, we'll keep each other safe. “Yes," I said. 59 Eve- THE EVENING AND THE MORNING AND THE NIGHT e Wantes hook his "No. I blinked. The word was as cold and dead a sound as I'd of us: ever heard. off in celling Lefen with n as “I don't believe in anything," he said. I took him to bed. He was the only other double DGD I had ever met, and if nobody did anything for him, he would- n't last much longer. I couldn't just let him slip away. For a while, maybe we could be each other's reasons for staying alive. He was a good student-for the same reason I was. And he seemed to shed some of his bitterness as time passed. Being around him helped me understand why, against all sanity, two DGDs would lock in on each other and start talking about marriage. Who else would have us? We probably wouldn't last very long, anyway. These days, most DGDs make it to forty, at least. But then, most of them don't have two DGD parents. As bright as Alan was, he might not get into medical school because of his double inher- itance. No one would tell him his bad genes were keeping him of but we both knew what his chances were. Better to train doctors who were likely to live long enough to Alan's mother had been sent to Dilg. He hadn't seen her or been able to get any information about her from his grand- parents while he was at home. By the time he left for college, hed stopped asking questions. Maybe it was hearing about my parents that made him start again. I was with him when he called Dilg. Until that moment, he hadn't even known whether his mother was still alive. Surprisingly , she was. "Dilg must be good," I said when he hung up. "People don't usually ... I mean... hat ad art out, course, e. put their training to use. 43 BLOODCHILD AND OTHER STORIES The "T and perso Inp Inside the car, Alan said something to the guard. I could n't hear what it was, but the sound of his voice reminded me of him arguing with her—her logic and her scent. She had all but won him for me, and I couldn't manage even token grati- tude. I spoke to her, low voiced. "He never really had a chance, did he?” She looked surprised. “That's up to you. You can keep him or drive him away. I assure you, you can drive him away.” "How?” “By imagining that he doesn't have a chance." She smiled faintly. “Phone me from your territory. We have a great deal to say to each other, and I'd rather we didn't say it as ene- mies." She had good control. I, on the other hand, was at the end of She had lived with meeting people like me for decades . my control. All I could do was scramble into the car and floor my own phantom accelerator as the guard drove us to the gate. what we by what v tions, par question. has the bir desirable, undesirab for the soc years. Nas And grim as it I couldn't look back at her. Until we were well away from the house, until we'd left the guard at the and property, I couldn't make myself look back. For long, irra- tional minutes, I was convinced that somehow if I turned, I would see myself standing there, gray and old, growing small in the distance, vanishing. gate gone off the in particu I I bu genetic di dominant And it is a does not PRU), a impairm BLOODCHILD AND OTHER STORIES TH B N N 0 d SO Si b h. h “Good. No one will close him away from himself. No one will tie him or cage him.” Her hand wandered to her own face again, nails biting in slightly. "No," I said softly, catching the hand. “I want you to be safe, too." The mouth moved. I think it smiled. “Son?" she said. He understood her, took her hand. “Clay,” she said. Lynn and Alan in clay. “Bea?" Of course,” Beatrice said. “Do you have an impression?" "No!" It was the fastest that Naomi had answered any- thing. Then, almost childlike, she whispered. “Yes.” Beatrice laughed. “Touch them again if you like, Naomi. They don't mind.” We didn't. Alan closed his eyes, trusting her gentleness in a way I could not. I had no trouble accepting her touch, even so near my eyes, but I did not delude myself about her. Her gentleness could turn in an instant. Naomi's fingers twitched near Alan's eyes, and I spoke up at once, out of fear for him. “Just touch him, Naomi. Only touch." She froze, made an interrogative sound. "She's all right,” Alan said. “I know," I said, not believing it. He would be all right, though, as long as someone watched her very carefully, nipped any dangerous impulses in the bud. "Son!” she said, happily possessive. When she let him go, she demanded clay, wouldn't touch her old-woman sculpture again. Beatrice got new clay for her, leaving us to soothe her and ease her impatience. Alan began to recognize signs of impending destructive behavior. Twice he caught her hands and said no. She struggled against him until I spoke to her. As d SI t 60
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