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1、CommitmentsbyBARBARADELINSKY`;07.'BythesameauthorTwilightWhispersHeartoftheNightBARBARADELINSKYCommitmentsvv.--I"ToSteve,Eric,AndrewandJeremy-always.Thiseditionpublished1995byDiamondBooks77-85FulhamPalaceRoadHammersmith,LondonW68JBPublishedbyGraftonBooksin1990byarrangementwithWarnerBooks,Inc
2、.,NewYorkTheAuthorassertsthemoralrighttobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkISBN:0-261667114SetinTrumpMediaevalPrintedinGreatBritainAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyform,orbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopyin&recordingo
3、rotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofthepublishers.Thisbookissoldsubjecttotheconditionthatitshallnot,bywayoftradeorotherwise,belent,re-sold,hiredoutorotherwisecirculatedwithoutthepublisher'spriorconsentinanyformofbindingorcoverotherthanthatinwhichitispublishedandwithoutasimilarconditionincl
4、udingthisconditionbeingunposedonthesubsequentpurchaserPrologue.DerekMcgillwasn'tamantowaver.Oncehesethismindtosomething,hesawitthrough.Theindustryknewhimtobedoggedandshrew,self-righteous,evenbull-headedwhenanissuehithimhard.Unansweredphonecallsanduntoldrunarounds,veiledhostilityandunveiledth
5、reats-allwerepartofthegame.Hewasusedtothem;theyneverstalledhimlong.,Yet,onthethresholdoftherooftoppatio,hepaused.Granted,theroomshe'dpassedthroughwereposh,butheldseenmorelavishroomsinhisday.Thepatioitself,anoasishighabovetheconcretemazeofManhattan,was.idyllic,buthe'dseenhisshareofmakeshiftEd
6、ens,too.Hishesitationdidn'tcomefromtheluxuryoftheFifthAvenue-apartmentorthegreeneryofitsterrace.Rather,hewasdrawnupshortbythewomanstandingwithherbacktohimnotfarfromthewaist-highbrickwallwhichlinedtheterrace.Shewasofmediumheightandslender.Asoftwhiteblousecascadedgentlyfromhershoulders,overlap
7、pinganequallylightweightgauzeskirtthat-veiledherinlilacfromhiptomid-calf.Barefootandoblivioustohisarrival,sheswayedeversoslowlyfromsidetoside.Thelateafternoonsun,trippingoverthetreetopsofCentralPark,gildedherblondhairandthatofthesmallchildsheheldin
