The Scapegoat by Sara Davis

Author:Sara Davis [Davis, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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“I think I’d better be on my way, too,” I said softly to myself, when I could hear their footsteps retreating down the hall. I washed my mug, set it to dry, and made my way out into the hallway, where sunlight streamed through the window and onto the floor in fat lemon-colored slabs. Despite the early hour, I thought, it was shaping up to be a pleasant morning.

Then I came around the corner, and my thoughts came abruptly to a halt. There, only several yards away, were Alex Foss and young Mr. Reinecke, stopped in the middle of the hallway with their backs to me. They had not noticed my arrival, I was sure, and without knowing why exactly, I retreated several steps backward, so that I was hidden from sight behind the corner.

And why, I thought, did you do that? Are you a dog, cringing to avoid a blow? Go ahead, I told myself, go on! But in spite of myself I remained firmly rooted to the spot.

Reinecke spoke first. His voice was too quiet for me to distinguish his exact words, but I could tell by his rising inflection that he had asked a question.

Had his interlocutor been anyone but Alex Foss, his voice would not have carried; I would never have heard the answer, and no one would have been the wiser. But, as it was Alex Foss, I heard every word as clearly as if he had been standing next to me, speaking into my ear.

“Who?” he asked.

Reinecke answered, still inaudibly.

“That’s a good question,” said Foss. “I’ve never really been sure myself. But my impression is that he’s some kind of glorified secretary.”

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