the Final Detail (1999) by Harlan - Myron 06 Coben

Author:Harlan - Myron 06 Coben [Coben, Harlan - Myron 06]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2010-12-26T00:42:05+00:00

Chapter 29

Myron tried to shake it off. No choice really. But he couldn't stop thinking about it. And he couldn't stop worrying. Worrying had never been his style in the past, even when a crisis loomed. All of a sudden he had the worry-queasies in his stomach. It was true what they said: The older you become, the more you are like your parents. Soon he'd be telling a kid not to stick his elbow out the car window or he'd lose it.

Win met him in front of the auditorium. He was in classic Win pose, eyes level, arms crossed, totally relaxed. He wore designer sunglasses and looked ultrasleek. GQ casual.

Problem? Win said.

No.

Win shrugged.

I thought we were going to meet inside, Myron said.

That would mean I'd have to listen to more of Sawyer Wells.

That bad?

Imagine, if you will, a Mariah Carey-Michael Bolton duet, Win said.

Eeuw.

Win checked his watch. He should be finishing up now. We must be brave.

They headed inside. The Cagemore Center was a sprawling facility that featured oodles of concert and lecture halls that could be cut to any size by sliding walls back and forth. There was a summer camp for young children in one room. Win and Myron stopped and listened to the children sing Farmer in the Dell. The sound made Myron smile.

the farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell, hi-ho-the-dairy-o, the farmer in the dell

Win turned to Myron. What's a dell? Win asked.

No idea.

Win shrugged and moved on to the main auditorium. There was a table out front selling Sawyer Wells paraphernalia. Cassettes, videos, books, magazines, posters, pennants (though what one does with a Sawyer Wells pennant went beyond Myron's capacity to imagine) and yep, T-shirts. Groovy titles too: The Wells Guide to Wellness, The Wells Rules for Wellness, Key to Wellness: It's All About You. Myron shook his head.

The auditorium was packed, the crowd so silent they'd put the Vatican to shame. Up on the stage, jittering to and fro like Robin Williams in his stand-up comic days, was the self-help guru himself. Sawyer Wells was resplendent in a business suit with the jacket off, shirt cuffs turned once, fancy suspenders cutting into his shoulders. A good look for a self-help guru: The expensive suit makes you reek of success while the jacket off and rolled-up sleeves give you the air of a regular guy. A perfectly balanced ensemble.

It's all about you, Sawyer Wells told the enraptured audience. If you remember nothing else today, remember that. It's all about you. Make everything about you. Every decision is about you. Everything you see, everything you touch is a reflection of you. No more than that it is you. You are everything. And everything is you.

Win leaned toward Myron. Isn't that a song?

The Stylistics, I think. Circa early seventies.

I want you to remember that, Sawyer continued. Visualize. Visualize everything as you. Your

family is you. Your job is you. When you're walking down the slreet, that beautiful tree is you.

That blooming rose is you.

Win said, That dirty commode at the bus terminal.

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