Chasing the Bear (2009) by Parker Robert B - Young Spenser 01

Author:Parker, Robert B - Young Spenser 01 [01, Parker, Robert B - Young Spenser]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-03-15T17:30:28.453000+00:00

Chapter 26

Why do you suppose you did that? Susan asked.

Should I lie back on this bench, Dr. Silverman?

Professional reflex, I suppose, Susan said. On the other hand, my interest in you is not entirely professional.

I've noticed that, I said.

I love you and I want to know about you, she said.

Anything in particular? I said.

Everything, she said. And now that I have you rolling, it's hard not to keep pushing.

I read someplace that wanting to know everything about a person is wanting to possess them.

I believe that is probably true, Susan said.

You want to possess me? I said.

Entirely, Susan said.

Isn't that dangerous for my ego? I said.

Susan smiled.

If I may say so, your ego is entirely impregnable.

Only child of a loving family, I said.

Buttressed by accomplishment, Susan said.

My father and my uncles were pretty impregnable too, I said.

And to grow up, Susan said, sooner or later, you had to separate from them. You think that's what I was doing?

When you went to the police? Susan said. Yes.

As one of the swan boats made its leisurely turn in front of us, a little boy was leaning out, trying to trail his hand in the water. His mother took hold of the back of his shirt and hauled him back in.

Why then? I said.

Susan waited. I thought about it.

Because I had just done an adult thing, I said, answering my own question. And I needed to what? Confirm it?

What happened when you had that trouble, with the men from the barroom? Susan said. My father and my uncles came down and . . . fixed it, I said.

And the bear?

I nodded.

My father came along and fixed it, I said.

And the business on the river?

I fixed it, I said.

Susan nodded.

And I had to fix it all the way, I said. I couldn't let them fix the cover-up, so to speak. Correct, Susan said.

It would have been a step back into childhood, I said.

Yes, Susan said.

We were quiet. The light on Boylston Street turned green behind us and the traffic moved forward.

You know a lot of stuff, I said.

I do, Susan said. Tell me how Jeannie was.

Chasing the Bear

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