The Ladies' Man (2011)
“in her head all day, and suddenly remembers why: It’s the woman with the patrician accent and dark red hair, well cut, who asks for money on Channel 2. Cynthia reflexively calls the station and asks if Adele Dobbin works there. The answer is nonverbal, a click and a connection, then a new voice saying, “Development.”
“Oh,” says Cynthia. “I’m just confirming that Adele Dobbin works there.”
“Yes, she does,” says the friendly male voice, “but she’s not in.”
Cynthia, without a plan in the world, asks when Ms. Dobbin will be in?
“We don’t know.”
“Later today?”
“She’s sick,” says the voice. “She went home after lunch and isn’t coming back today. Can Scott or I help you?”
Liar, thinks Cynthia. She’s taking a personal day, revisiting her haunts and her youth with Nash. “It’s about gift giving,” she tells him. “But I’ll call back.”
Cynthia buzzes her secretary, Philip, and asks, “If I’m out sick, what do you tell people?”
“It depends.
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