Death of a Survivalist (The Charles Bentley Mysteries Book 2) by Glen Ebisch

Author:Glen Ebisch [Ebisch, Glen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Glen Ebisch
Published: 2019-02-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

When Charles got home he began to clean. He knew that he was a bit obsessive-compulsive about the house, as he had been ever since his wife died. He had moved a few things around since he had started going out with Joanna, trying to establish his new life, but it was still pretty much of a monument to the way it had been when Barbara was alive. Since the solution of the first murder he had been involved in had proven that his wife had been intimately involved with another woman, he wasn’t sure why he clung so desperately to the way things were. The last few years of his marriage were hardly the golden time that he had imagined. Sometimes he wondered if he was attached to the past simply because he had yet to find a future that he was anxious to reach toward. Perhaps Joanna would provide that. With a sigh he decided that only time would tell.

Late in the afternoon, just as Charles was about to take a break from his clearning and organizing, the phone rang.

“Can you talk, Dad?” Amy asked, as if to warn that she wanted his complete attention.

“Of course, what’s the matter?” He could tell by the sound of her voice that she was distraught.

“Jack showed up while I was outside the boys’ school waiting to pick them up. He was ranting about how he was in charge of the family, and it was ridiculous for us to be living apart. He actually frightened me. He seemed to calm down a bit when the boys came out, but I had to tell him very firmly that I did not want him coming home with us. At first I thought he was going to insist, but finally he took a deep breath and just stalked off.”

“Perhaps you should go to the police and get a restraining order against Jack,” Charles said, struggling to keep the anger out of his voice.

“But if I did that, there would be no going back. I know Jack would never forgive me.”

Charles remained silent. In his heart of hearts he doubted that there was any going back anyway at this point, but he thought it prudent not to say so.

“Maybe you could come out here and have a talk with Jack. Act as a kind of intermediary,” she suggested.

“But Jack has never liked me, and he probably blames me for being the instigator behind your decision to get a job. Seeing me would be like throwing gasoline on the fire.”

There was a long pause. “But I don’t have anybody else.” There was a catch in Amy’s voice that told him she was close to the breaking point. He knew that he’d have to comply.

“If you think it will help, I’ll be happy to talk with Jack. Maybe I can get him to see your point of view, and we can reach a compromise.”

“Thanks, Dad, I really appreciate it. Probably it wouldn’t be a good idea to see him at his parents’ house.

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