читать дальше Remy nervously looked around the room to regain control over himself while Jean-Luc was drinking his coffee before him. After his walk with Marie he went straight to the place he arranged the meeting with his father.
“How are you doin’, Remy?” Jean-Luc’s voice almost made Remy jump from the chair, but he stopped himself in time.
‘Calm down, Remy!’ he told to himself. ‘You mustn’t give away your emotions! You must control yourself, or he’ll guess everytin’!”
“Remy’s doin’ fine, pere. Thanks for askin’. But why are you here? Did sometin’ happen?”
“Non, I just wanted to see you. And I have some business here.” He added after a moment.
“What kind of business? Remy thought dat it’s not our territory.”
“Well, yes. But I have some meetings arranged on this week. You know, the time is coming, and soon we will have to pay our tribute.”
“I see.” ‘so he came here for absolutely another reason! Dat’s a relief. But you shouldn’t put off your guard.’ “How long are you goin’ to stay in New York?”
“A week, maybe longer.” Jean-Luc smiled. He saw, Remy was nervous. Like cat which marred his master’s favorite armchair and now scared to get punishment. And he couldn’t resist the opportunity to torture him a little more. “Did you find out anytin’ about this person?” He knew, Remy knew what he meant by the way his hand griped the coffee cup.
“Magneto’s base has no information ‘bout girl named Anna Marie Darkholm.”
‘Clever boy. Of course Magneto’s base has no information about that name’
“What so funny?” asked Remy and Jean-Luc caught himself smiling.
“Notin’. It’s just dat you have a wife somewhere on dis planet and you don’t seem like worry at all. You know, what our law says. A few more weeks and only death would be able to part you. And it seems you don’t mind dis at all.”
“As long as it keeps Remy away from marriage to Belle, Remy is happy.”
“I see.” Jean-Luc took another sip of coffee. “And you agreed dat your wife will be de next queen of de Guild whoever she is. Am I right?” his voice seemed very calm, though Remy knew perfectly well what was coming.
“Jean-Luc, listen to me…”
“No! Dat you must listen to me. And very clearly! She has no idea where she got into. For you it may look very simple, but for her it would be like Wonderland where she fell because of you and very soon dere’ll be no way out. You must find her! And she must know where she had set foot on!” now Jean-Luc held Remy’s collar. “Got it?”
“Oui.”
“Good.” He let go of Remy left with words “I’ll call you later.”
Remy left the restaurant shortly after his father and went straight to his base. He had a lot to think of and needed a rest.
“Dis is for your own good,” said Jean-Luc when his son disappeared in the crowd.
* * *
“Rogue?” Kitty sat straight on her bed and looked at her roommate.
“Yeah.” Answered Rogue not stopping reading the book.
“May I ask you?”
‘This was gonna happen. She was silent for half of an hour.’ Thought the goth.
“Shoot.”
“Where were you all this day?”
“Ah… met someone.”
“You had a fight with the Brotherhood??”
“No!” she sat up too on her bad and looked at her friend. “Ah met a friend. And we had a chat. That’s all. Sorry, Kit, Ah can’t tell you everything yet.” Hurt look crossed Kitty’s face. “But Ah promise, you’ll be the first Ah’ll tell it when Ah can.”
“You promise?”
“Yeah, Ah promise.”
“Okay.”
* * *
The night was fading already and Remy still was sitting on his bed looking at the wall in front of him. The time was passing step by step and he couldn’t stop it. He needed more time. He achieved some trust from his Marie but not completely. He needed her trust. Then he’ll tell her everything and he hoped she wouldn’t leave him. He needed more time…
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