Название: Messy love
Автор: Erick Poladov
Издательство: Издательские решения
isbn: 9785006441958
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Carla did not take Paul seriously, to put it mildly. For her, he was an ordinary boy with a standard set of complexes and changes that come with transitional age and puberty. These words did not cause anything from her except restrained laughter.
Sitting at the bar with a smoking cigarette in the hand, crossing her legs, Carla said with a note of sarcasm:
– Go and start rubbing the bald without me, and by the time I get there, you’ll be finished. Your body is young, so you won’t have to work for long.
After a prolonged silence, completely despairing, Paul asked in a faded voice and with his hands hanging down:
– How did I offend you? Tell me. No offense, but you’re a prostitute. You sleep for money. I pay. What’s wrong?
Rolling her eyes around the ceiling, Carla replied:
– You see, Paulie, I am a commodity. But I strive to become not just a commodity, but a special commodity. Let’s say a crowd of office workers is sitting in some room. All these clerks are no different from each other. They sit in the same room, every single one does paperwork, gets the same salary, wears the same suits, comes and leaves at the same time. Each of them will remain part of this general mass, in which no one will be paid special attention. And all because they are in the same row, do the same thing and behave absolutely the same. They are no different from each other. So I strive to make whole crowds turn their attention to me; I want to write my name in history; so that people like me become an endangered species. I want this world to remember me. Never mind the fact that I’m a whore. This is also, you know, a lot of work. And this requires talent, which is not given to everyone.
– So…
– If I give myself to everyone who offers money, then my quotes will immediately collapse. I will no longer be any different from a banal low-grade whore who spreads clap. In simple terms, I want to become like a bright star in the night sky – to be dazzlingly beautiful, alluring, and at the same time remain inaccessible to absolutely everyone.
Paul’s sarcastic voice rang out:
– Like the best should not be available to everyone.
– Absolutely right, my boy – Carla said with a smile.
Sighing heavily, Paul took a book out of his backpack and once again turned to Carla:
– Well, at least can you help with ethnography?
Putting out her cigarette in the ashtray, Carla said, tapping her palm on the upholstery of the next chair:
– But in this matter I am available, like a collapsed meteorite.
While Paul was standing next to her at the bar, Carla turned to Mats, holding out a bill:
– Give us two glasses of Coca-Cola.
Matthew was Carla’s best friend. They met at the pool, where they both used to go until they were completely immersed in work – Matthew began to receive more orders in his car service, and Carla began to work on improving her skills, coming up with new positions and discovering new erogenous zones for her clients. She continued to develop her skills, even though all her clients were already happy to be in bed with her. BUT! Carla still wanted to be special, even if she was a whore. Matthew often came to her with a disc of some new Hollywood release, which they watched late at night, sitting in front of the TV with a bottle of something non-alcoholic. From the moment they met, they congratulated each other on every date marked in red on the calendar, without missing a single holiday. And they celebrated the last two New Years together; plus Georgina and several other friends were with them, with whom it turned out to be a small New Year’s get-together. At the friend’s birthday party a couple of weeks ago, Carla was remembered for the fact that thanks to her, Matthew became the owner of a painting in which he was depicted leaning against the front fender of a silver Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500 model. It was essentially a reproduction of the poster for the movie Gone in 60 Seconds. This was Matthew’s favorite movie. The painter did an excellent job on the canvas, which was practically no different from the image on the poster, except for the detail that instead of Nicolas Cage’s head in the drawing, it was Matthew’s; he was dressed in exactly the same clothes in which Cage masterfully curbed Eleanor’s1 violent temper.
They were driving along a suburban night highway. The roar of a Chevrolet Camarro was heard inside the car, which Matthew had personally assembled for two and a half years, purchasing used parts of this model. Polished wheels emitted lunar reflections, and xenon headlights cast a dazzling glow onto the asphalt. The needle on the speedometer was already crossing the second hundred, the selector switched to fourth gear, speed and power took over their bodies, Carla indifferently threw the Marlboro cigarette butt out the window, and a frightened hare ran off the side of the road. A disc was playing inside, on which the world’s best hits from different eras were recorded. That evening the singers were mainly Modern Talking, Sting, Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Liza Minnelli.
Thirty-four kilometers from the suburbs, Matthew parked the Camarro on the very edge of a cliff. They both climbed onto the back and, sitting on the roof of the car, admired the rising of the full moon against the background of a clear sky, decorated with an abundance of bright stars. They chatted about everything that came to mind, and when two people take turns smoking a joint of marijuana, a lot of things come to mind.
Handing the rolled cigarette into Matthew’s hands, Carla asked:
– So what did you want to talk about?
– A classmate came to see me this week. He was passing through and stopped by in transit. You know, I went crazy when I saw what he arrived in and what he was wearing. He achieved considerable success.
– And what exactly did he succeed in?
– But this is the most interesting thing. He said he produces films for adults.
– Seriously? – Carla asked with a loud laugh.
– Four years ago he opened his own porn studio. They have already made more than a thousand films.
Carla curled her lips into a tube, making a loud whistle of surprise as she accepted the rolled-up cigarette from Matthew’s hand.
– Just imagine. But he says his company still hasn’t matured to the level of even average porn producers. The cast in his films does not have famous names. All the men and girls are completely debutants in this business. And every time the best personnel are lured away by some wealthy competitor. And then he also quarreled with the only good director.
– Continue – Carla said intrigued, returning the joint.
– So, we were sitting in a bar, and when he talked about the quarrel with the director and that it was a problem to find a good director, a thought suddenly popped into my head. I told him СКАЧАТЬ
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Nickname of the car in the film «Gone in 60 Seconds» (dir. Dominic Sena).