Abe Glitsky - 04 - Damage by John Lescroart

Author:John Lescroart
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Thriller
ISBN: 9780525951766
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

“Are you and Mommy mad at each other?” Rachel asked.

They had parked at the airport in the hourly lot, and now they were walking out to the terminal. Treya had wanted Abe to just drop them off at the curb by the departures lane, but he had overruled her and said he wanted to be with them all for as long as he could. To which Treya’s response had been silence.

And which, in turn, led to Rachel’s question.

The two of them, father and daughter, were about fifteen feet behind Treya and Zachary, lagging on purpose. Glitsky’s daughter was holding his hand with one of hers, pulling her small pink rolling suitcase with the other one. Her monkey doll, Alice, rode on Rachel’s back, its hands Velcro’d together under her chin.

Glitsky said, “No. We’re having a disagreement, that’s all.”

“But you’re not mad at her.”

“I said no.”

“I know, but I think she’s mad at you.”

“She might be at that.”

“Why?”

“Because I’m not going with you.”

“Why aren’t you? Isn’t this a vacation? Mommy said it was like a vacation.”

“I know. But ‘like’ a vacation isn’t the same as a vacation. If it was a real vacation, I’d be going.”

“But why can’t you go on this one?”

“See if you can guess.”

She looked up and over at him. “You’ll get mad.”

“I won’t. I promise.”

“Okay, then. Work.”

“Correct.”

“It’s always work.”

“Now you do sound like your mother.”

“But do you have to work this time?”

“If I didn’t think I did, don’t you think I’d be going with you?”

“I don’t know. Probably.”

“No. Definitely. And you know why? Because I love you. I love all of you.”

“Even Mommy?”

“Especially Mommy.”

At this moment, Treya and Zachary got to the escalator leading up to the security checkpoint, and Treya turned around, yelling back to them. “C’mon, you two, can’t you try a little harder to keep up?”

Rachel again looked up at her father. “I don’t care what she says, she’s mad.”

“I think you’re right,” Glitsky whispered.

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