The Grownup

Rasskaz, udostoennyj prestizhnoj premii EHdgara Allana Po, ot avtora mirovogo bestsellera "Ischeznuvshaya". Molodaya zhenshchina zarabatyvaet na zhizn'' chteniem aury klientov v gadal''nom salone "Volshebnye ruchki". I, nado skazat'', neploho zarabatyvaet, glavnym obrazom blagodarya tomu, chto govorit lyudyam to, chto oni hotyat uslyshat''.Tam ona znakomitsya so S''yuzen Byork, kotoraya pereekhala v k nim v gorodok god nazad vmeste s muzhem i 15-letnim pasynkom Majlsom. Oni zhivut v Karterhuk-Mehnore – dome v viktorianskom stile, postroennom v 1893 godu. S''yuzen ubezhdena, chto v dome obitaet zloj duh, zavladevshij ee pasynkom, i dazhe obnaruzhivaet na stene strujki krovi.Ne veryashchaya ni v ehkzorcizm, ni v sverh"estestvennoe, yasnovidyashchaya ne mozhet propustit'' otlichnuyu vozmozhnost'' zarabotat'' kuchu deneg. Tem ne menee, kogda ona vpervye perestupaet porog doma i znakomitsya s Majlsom, to nachinaet yavstvenno oshchushchat'', chto dom kak budto nablyudaet za nej, slovno vyzhidaya momenta…