The Melody of Silence: Dissonance by LP Tvorik

Author:LP Tvorik [Tvorik, LP]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14 - Alex

I know, I know. I shouldn't have left.

I knew it then, too. It's not like I had an epiphany two days later when the sun hit the pavement just right. I knew as it was happening. I stood there, watching through the doorway as he crossed the office and disappeared into the garage, and knew I needed to follow him.

It was a choice to let him go, and not one that I made lightly. I stood in that office for a good three minutes, mulling over my options. When I finally left, it wasn't because I'd given up on convincing him he was wrong. It was because I knew if I was going to succeed, I had to go about it the right way.

The problem, see, is that I was never that great with words. I could get my point across, and I was fairly articulate given time and space to formulate my thoughts, but I wasn’t a wordsmith. I couldn't just conjure the perfect thing to say. I didn't just naturally know what a person needs to hear. That was more Nate's specialty, and if I was going to out-maneuver him in the realm of wisdom and consolation, I needed the advantage of prep time.

So I left him alone. Again. But, as I was leaving, I asked the portly older man behind the counter, Red, if he could give me Nate's address. He shook his head.

"That would be a massive violation of his privacy, miss," he told me, frowning. "Not to mention illegal."

"I know," I sighed.

"But if you really had a mind to talk with him again, it's no secret that he leaves work every day at four pm sharp."

My head snapped up, and I caught his eye as he grinned. The irony is not lost on me that, a few months before, I stood in that same small room and accused Nate of acting like a stalker. Yet there I was, hatching a plan to stake out his workplace and follow him home.

That evening, I followed Nate from work to the Boys & Girls Club to pick up Matt. From there, I trailed him home. I parked across the street and watched while he unloaded his son, a racecar backpack, and a gym bag, and disappeared into the stairwell. I couldn't see the breezeway from my vantage point, but a few moments after he disappeared a light had flipped on in the corner apartment on the second floor.

Target acquired.

Mental note: I could be a PI if physics doesn't work out for me.

I didn't confront him right then. Instead, I went home and bided my time and constructed my plan of attack. I didn’t return until just after 9:30, when Matt would be asleep, so we could speak freely. Everything about my little operation was planned out to the 'T'. Nonetheless, my heart was pounding in my ears and my hands were shaking as I climbed out of my car and retrieved my cardboard box of excuses from the back seat.

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