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CHAPTER THIRTEEN Too wired to nap, I go for a walk along the horse trail. While walking I phone my dad, I ask him to come by next week after work to check on his wife in my absence.
“Sure. Just give her a heads up. She doesn’t like it when I show up unannounced.”
“I will.” Then I follow with, “By the way, did you ever see Elizabeth at the gym or when you played tennis?”
“No. Why?” “Graydon said his wife had an affair. I wondered if it was someone…”
“Goddammit, Nora. When will you wake up and ditch this guy? His wife has disappeared and is most likely dead.”
“What? How can you say that without proof? You’re a lawyer.”
“Because I defend clients who lie to me all the time and he’s no different. If she had an affair, like he told …show more content…

Like a wild animal, he will attack. I tend to agree having seen my dad back away from a hissing raccoon in our back yard. What a scary sight to see.
Beaten, I lie back on the bed and recall how Graydon had been evasive about Elizabeth. Also, how he contradicted himself as to her whereabouts right from the start.
That first afternoon in his living room, I wanted to use her as a one-person focus group. To get into her head why she loved going on cruises when Graydon hated them. It was research for my work, nothing else. He shut me down fast telling me, “My wife is unavailable.”
Silly me, I accepted that unavailable meant: unavailable because she was out playing tennis… or unavailable, shopping… or unavailable, at lunch with friends, etc. Never thinking it was something grave.
The second time was days after when we had dinner at The Club. Later, in the car, he asked me in for a nightcap. I had reservations about being with a married man and much more. I’d never been unfaithful to Doug. Nonetheless, his words were enough to lure me into his bed that evening saying, “Elizabeth left me. I don’t know where she is.”
What an odd thing to tell me in light of how his story made a U-turn yesterday when he said straight faced, “My wife left me to be with someone else.” Quickly, he blamed himself for her cheating, which made me empathetic to her and him.
Oh, my god, I’ve been so naïve, infatuated too. Most of all, afraid I’d lose my job without him. I cup

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