Going Nuclear. Stephen Hart
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Название: Going Nuclear
Автор: Stephen Hart
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Зарубежная драматургия
isbn: 9781456620745
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“Yeah, I was planning to meet with the Special Agent in Charge at the South Bend residence office in the morning and fill him in. If he has enough people to cover the situation, I should be back before noon. Otherwise, I’ll just stay on.”
“That’s good. That’s good. I don’t know what she’s up to. But I know she has to be up to something. Whatever it is, we have to nail it down and get a report off to Washington. We haven’t had anything good to report for a while now.”
Half an hour later, Vic unlocked the door to the room that he had just rented at the Holiday Inn and dragged himself in. He set his notebook carefully on the desk, took off his jacket, and perched on the edge of the bed. He stared at the phone on the nightstand for about twenty seconds, then picked up the receiver, dialed his home number, and listened. There was no answer. So where is she this time? He wondered. Cheating on me in a motel room like this one?
His wife was almost ten years younger than he was, trim, still looked good, could easily attract another man. And more significantly, she seemed to have lost all interest in him, including sex. How long has it been? he wondered. Six months, a year? It was almost like she had given up on their relationship altogether. Maybe it had something to do with his busier work schedule, being on the road more. The past year had been a hectic but productive one, with several breakthroughs on big cases. But had the extra time on the job actually undermined their marriage? No, he didn’t think so.
His mind turned to her apparent infatuation with her boss. Was he the problem? That seemed like a better bet. But could it really be that simple? Probably not. For years, their marriage had seemed solid, with a kind of mutual empathy between them that made communication easy, no matter what the situation. So how could things have suddenly changed so much? Maybe it was the times. Social change was definitely in the air. Social norms were being challenged at every turn. But were their personal circumstances really that different these days? She definitely seemed preoccupied. But with what? Vic shook his head.
And now that his only daughter was away at college, the house itself seemed almost unfamiliar at times. Maybe that’s it, he thought. Maybe their life had been too centered around Denise. Maybe they had to find each other again.
He hung up the phone and turned on the television. The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was on. The loner’s friend, he mused.
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