The Divided Child
“ It's none of your business whether he does or not, I reminded myself. In four days, I’d be flying home. I looked around, trying to remind myself I was just a tourist on vacation.
"Geoffrey,”
I said, striving to keep my tone matter-of-fact, “I remember the news about Jesse Conner's jet crashing in the Rockies. All the news reports said there were no survivors." "There were none," he said.
"You mean Elizabeth missed the flight? Her husband was r...eally travelling alone?" “Yes -- and no. Conner boarded the flight with his wife.”””
"But Elizabeth got off before the crash?" Geoffrey shook his head. “It’s a bit more complicated than that. Elizabeth was never on the plane." I grimaced at him. "Is this some kind of riddle?" "It’s rather like one, isn't it?" he agreed. “It took my solicitor a great deal of investigation to make any sense of it, but he wanted to be sure of the facts before he contacted me." "And what did he find out?" I asked.MoreLess
"Geoffrey,”
I said, striving to keep my tone matter-of-fact, “I remember the news about Jesse Conner's jet crashing in the Rockies. All the news reports said there were no survivors." "There were none," he said.
"You mean Elizabeth missed the flight? Her husband was r...eally travelling alone?" “Yes -- and no. Conner boarded the flight with his wife.”””
"But Elizabeth got off before the crash?" Geoffrey shook his head. “It’s a bit more complicated than that. Elizabeth was never on the plane." I grimaced at him. "Is this some kind of riddle?" "It’s rather like one, isn't it?" he agreed. “It took my solicitor a great deal of investigation to make any sense of it, but he wanted to be sure of the facts before he contacted me." "And what did he find out?" I asked.MoreLess
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