The Lost Gate
“real burglary. “We didn’t actually take anything,” Eric explained, “so the Wheelwright house doesn’t count. That was a rescue, anyway, not a burglary.” Eric was talking now as if the whole rescue thing had been his idea.
“Calling any burglary our ‘first’ implies that there’ll be a second one,” said Danny.
Eric gazed at him with icy calm. “You won’t be able to stop.”
“Who’s going to make me?” said Danny. This was sounding more and more like an ordinary argument with one of the cousins.
“Not me,”... said Eric. “I know I can’t make you do anything.”
“Then I’ll stop,” said Danny, “when I say I’ll stop.”
“Say what you want to,” said Eric, “you’re going to do it again because you actually like it.”
“You don’t know anything about me.”
“To be inside a stranger’s home, while they’re there asleep, knowing you didn’t trip any alarms because you didn’t open any doors, knowing the motion detectors are off in case somebody in the family gets up to go to the john during the night, so you can go wherever you want, take whatever you want.MoreLess
“Calling any burglary our ‘first’ implies that there’ll be a second one,” said Danny.
Eric gazed at him with icy calm. “You won’t be able to stop.”
“Who’s going to make me?” said Danny. This was sounding more and more like an ordinary argument with one of the cousins.
“Not me,”... said Eric. “I know I can’t make you do anything.”
“Then I’ll stop,” said Danny, “when I say I’ll stop.”
“Say what you want to,” said Eric, “you’re going to do it again because you actually like it.”
“You don’t know anything about me.”
“To be inside a stranger’s home, while they’re there asleep, knowing you didn’t trip any alarms because you didn’t open any doors, knowing the motion detectors are off in case somebody in the family gets up to go to the john during the night, so you can go wherever you want, take whatever you want.MoreLess
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