Fatal Conceit
“There were only two people in the world she talked with via webcam, her mother in Colorado and her lover.
As she sat down, she moved the mouse on its pad to bring the screen to life. She smiled when she saw the lean, tanned, handsome face of Lt. Gen. Sam Allen smiling back at her. “Hi, baby,” she purred. “I was just thinking about our weekend at the cabin. That was sooooooo nice. I love you so much.”
The little lie hung there in the air like a soap balloon. Actually, the weekend at the cabin ha...d been nice, as it always was when they were together, but both of them had been preoccupied. He’d spent a lot of time in his office, and she’d gone for walks around the lake to think. She didn’t know what was troubling him—it could have been any number of things, from divorcing his wife to the upcoming congressional hearing. He said he needed to talk to her about what was on his mind, but that it had to wait until Monday. In the meantime, she knew what was troubling her—her conscience.MoreLess
As she sat down, she moved the mouse on its pad to bring the screen to life. She smiled when she saw the lean, tanned, handsome face of Lt. Gen. Sam Allen smiling back at her. “Hi, baby,” she purred. “I was just thinking about our weekend at the cabin. That was sooooooo nice. I love you so much.”
The little lie hung there in the air like a soap balloon. Actually, the weekend at the cabin ha...d been nice, as it always was when they were together, but both of them had been preoccupied. He’d spent a lot of time in his office, and she’d gone for walks around the lake to think. She didn’t know what was troubling him—it could have been any number of things, from divorcing his wife to the upcoming congressional hearing. He said he needed to talk to her about what was on his mind, but that it had to wait until Monday. In the meantime, she knew what was troubling her—her conscience.MoreLess
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