Out: A Novel by Natsuo Kirino

Author:Natsuo Kirino
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-12-09T05:00:00+00:00

'You get used to it,' she said.

'I suppose so. But don't your husband and son worry about you being out all night?'

'I've never really thought about it.' She led him into the living room, wondering to herself if they ever even noticed she was gone.

'I'm sure they do,' Imai insisted. 'Men are like that. It must bother them to have you out that late.' Masako decided against making tea and sat down directly across from him. For such a young man, he certainly seemed to have conservative ideas, she thought. He was wearing a white polo shirt and carrying a light-brown jacket. He put the latter down on the chair next to him.

'Did you consult your husband when you were deciding to work nights?'

'Consult? No, not exactly. Though he did say he thought it might be hard.' That was a lie. Yoshiki had said nothing when she'd announced her decision, and Nobuki hadn't said anything at all to her for as long as she could remember.

'Really?' said Imai, as though he didn't quite believe her. He gave her a puzzled look as he opened his memo pad. 'I'm asking because your situation is the same as Yamamoto-san's, and I guess I find it hard to understand why any husband who worked regular hours himself wouldn't be against his wife working nights.'

Startled by this line of reasoning, Masako looked up.

'Why do you say that?' she asked.

'Well, for one thing, you'd be on opposite schedules. How would you have any kind of life together if you were always passing each other on the way out the door? And I guess any man would wonder what his wife was doing, up and about in the middle of the night. It seems to me that a day job would be much better for everyone involved.' Masako took a deep breath. She gathered that Imai suspected Yayoi of getting up to something with other men -

probably par for the course for a detective's imagination.

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