Pollock No. 5 by Todd Cohen

Author:Todd Cohen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, family drama, murder mystery, kidnapping, art theft, medical innovation, super storm sandy
Publisher: Black Opal Books

Chapter 50

It sounded like the phone was pulled right away from Bridgette. And then I heard silence for about thirty seconds, and then . . .

“MD, did you kill Mrs. Weisberg? What happened to you? What the hell happened to you? Were you having an affair?”

“Me? You were the one doing ‘Leave it to Beaver.’ How long has that been going on?” I asked.

“Let me walk somewhere in private. Wait a second.” A five-second pause ensued while Shari wandered out of the living room to a quiet corner of the house. “MD, you haven’t been exactly the perfect husband. You missed our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, and we haven’t had any spark for the most of that.”

“Thanks for telling me that now,” I said sarcastically. “I guess the tide has turned since I saw you last.”

“You didn’t even give me a chance to explain. I’ve been lonely and have felt very empty. There was nothing else for me to do. I had to do something,” whined Shari.

I didn’t buy that for a second. She could have tried talking. Okay, I guess I wasn’t the great talker either. I was just doing my thing. But come on, she was screwing the local kid next door. At least, that’s what it looked like. The whole thing was totally ridiculous. And the drinking, what was that about? Was Alex right that my own self-absorbed life drove her to drink and provoked the entire thing? Who knows? Not me.

“You could have tried talking,” I snapped.

“I did. At least, I thought I did. Remember last Valentine’s Day? I wanted to go out to dinner and made a special reservation at La Piccolla Liguria. And you just had to finish your presentation. You never would make time for me. Never! And now this? A murder and the stolen painting? I guess I just don’t know who you really are!” She began to weep—then the phone call abruptly ended. A deafening silence.

I had no chance to respond. No chance to clear the air. But in reality, there was no chance in hell for any salvage of our relationship. A relationship that I thought was originally built on trust.

“Alex, Shari grabbed the phone from Bridgette and gave me an earful. She seemed to feel it was my fault. Then she hung up on me! But at least Jason and Bridgette are safe. Still no power in Port.”

“MD, what did you think? Did you think she was going to take all the responsibility for your marital woes? Are you crazy? Of course, she was going to blame you. Just like you are blaming her! And yes, my wife confirmed that there is still no power. One of the LIPA workers told her it could be until Thanksgiving by the time we get our power back.”

Alex then proceeded to make some phone calls. I did too, and eventually we got our answers. At least to the questions we were asking now. We were trying to hit the “trifecta” and find the individual with a particular brand of stent, defibrillator, and pair of shoes.

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