The Red Door
“Wherever they were searching, he had a feeling that they were having no better luck than he had had in finding their brother.
The second day of Walter Teller’s disappearance brought no new information. It was as if he’d never existed.
Hamish said, “If he were wandering about—truly lost—someone would ha’ noticed him and brought him to a hospital or the police.”
It was what had been on Rutledge’s mind all morning.
“He might not wish to be found,” he replied. “An alternative to sui...cide.”
“There’s that, aye,” Hamish agreed.
It made a certain kind of sense. If one can’t face the nightmare, one can try to avoid it. But what sort of nightmare haunted a man like Teller?
He went back to question Teller’s doctors.
They had failed to unlock their patient’s secrets.
He said, “Teller’s wife has been casting about for answers as well.MoreLess
The second day of Walter Teller’s disappearance brought no new information. It was as if he’d never existed.
Hamish said, “If he were wandering about—truly lost—someone would ha’ noticed him and brought him to a hospital or the police.”
It was what had been on Rutledge’s mind all morning.
“He might not wish to be found,” he replied. “An alternative to sui...cide.”
“There’s that, aye,” Hamish agreed.
It made a certain kind of sense. If one can’t face the nightmare, one can try to avoid it. But what sort of nightmare haunted a man like Teller?
He went back to question Teller’s doctors.
They had failed to unlock their patient’s secrets.
He said, “Teller’s wife has been casting about for answers as well.MoreLess
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