Insequor by Richard Murphy

Author:Richard Murphy [Murphy, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

In the months after the shooting Daniel found himself more and more wary of people and situations. He turned down as many interviews and promotions as he could. Money was lost, but his business interests were now rocketing anyway.

The movie had mushroomed into a trilogy. He got a cut of all the accompanying media and merchandise too. Without lifting a finger, he saw his net worth head into the hundreds of millions. The sheer amount of money he had was hard for him to comprehend. He could have whatever he wanted whenever he wanted it. But when the accompanying boredom turned into isolation, and when he felt depression creeping in he decided it was time to act.

At first he thought he just needed to busy himself with a new project. So he contacted a few charities and got involved. Donations were made, dinners held and awards distributed. But there was still something missing and pretty soon he got an inkling of what it was. Something the old Daniel would have failed to resolve; but not him.

It was late afternoon when he arrived at the house. He pressed the buzzer; something he’d often fantasized about but never done. He’d barely had time to look down the leafy street when, within seconds, the door opened and she was there.

When he looked into Veronica’s eyes golden islands in seas of blackness stared back. Her soft, slender face seemed to shimmer with a white radiance. The shadows of her cheekbones drew the eye to her mouth. Pale, pink lips broke into a smile and immediately he felt a tingle rush over him. This was the stuff.

“Daniel?”

He held out his arms in what he hoped was friendly affection as opposed to a crushing desire for human warmth.

“Veronica.”

As they hugged, his eyes went past her head into the house. He could see her living room. Modest, but modern. Some clothes on the couch, a big screen TV and an exercise bike near the kitchen. He guessed she was still single; a pizza box on the table next to an empty glass of wine.

“This is a surprise. How are you? Everybody’s been talking about you here,” she said, bouncing a little and tapping her hands together.

He nodded, “I’m good. Life is…. different, but I manage. What about you? It’s been, how long now?”

“About three years since the day it arrived. Remember, there was that fire alarm at work?” She unconsciously twirled her hair. It was magnificent.

“You still there?”

“Yes. We moved offices, obviously. Uptown. But I got promoted, I’m Team Leader now. The bad part is I work for Tom, you remember him, right?”

“Was he the guy that got caught with the intern?”

“Yep.”

They both shared a laugh. She looked so happy. Was he being selfish, coming here? What could he offer her except disruption?

“I thought you might like to get a coffee?” Gone was the awkwardness in his voice. Daniel had no time for it. She seemed surprised; was she, inside her mind, running through all manner of eventualities? Perhaps, even, some of the same ones as him.

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