Cruise: A Thriller by Vermeer Suzanne

Author:Vermeer, Suzanne [Vermeer, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781480471184
Publisher: A.W. Bruna
Published: 2014-05-12T16:00:00+00:00

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“I met Romina five years ago,” Frank said. “She had just started working as a secretary for the director of a chain that I did regular business with. And it was love at first sight.” He sighed rather theatrically. “That had nothing to do with our relationship, Heleen. That was excellent. It just happened to me.”

“That I can understand,” she replied, sounding slightly injured. “You hear that a lot.” During the past few minutes Heleen had figured out how to get herself out of this situation. In order not to arouse any suspicion, she had acted very timid and submissive. That’s how he knew her, as the naïve little housewife.

Frank nodded. “I should have been honest with you from the beginning. But yeah, in hindsight, it always looks different.”

His sigh drowned out the pounding of the diesel engines for a moment.

“So we had an affair. Romina had been divorced for two years. Before that she had been married for five years. Childless.” He quickly glanced at the nautical instruments before he continued. “Because our relationship was a sensitive matter, to say the least, we decided to keep it a secret. I did not want to hurt you, and Romina and I, more or less, had a business type of relationship—in her conservative family the traditional values ​​are held in very high regard. Through my work, I arranged that the Costa Brava and Balearic areas solely became my responsibility. This meant I had to concentrate more on the hotel chains that had their headquarters in that area. That made it a lot easier for me to combine my work with spending time with Romina.

Heleen stared sheepishly ahead. His story made her sick. Without showing it, she continued searching for a way out.

“Then Romina became pregnant, something that had far-reaching consequences. Our life as we knew it was over. Our world was upside down: the problems quickly began to overshadow the moments of happiness, which we experienced far less. Romina finally came up with a brilliant idea, or at least, so it seemed at the time. Again, I should have just been honest with you from the get-go, and for that I apologize.”

Heleen could have strangled him. Apologize? You can’t apologize for destroying someone’s life!

“Because Romina couldn’t disclose her pregnancy to her family, her surroundings, or to her employer, she made up someone named Fernando Cervantes. He was a Spanish engineer who was abroad nine months out of the year. She had met him during a staff party in Barcelona and one thing had led to another. This took some of the pressure off. Her conservative parents did not like it. After her divorce she had suddenly become pregnant by some world traveler. They did not say it out loud, but in their hearts they thought it was a terrible disgrace. But the introduction of Cervantes to the world brought along a lot of problems. For me, it was still impossible to take on that role in the outside world. So it changed our meetings in Blanes to sneaky encounters in the strangest places.

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