The Sandler Inquiry by Noel Hynd

Author:Noel Hynd [Hynd, Noel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: det_history
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Part Five

Chapter 22

A cold rain was lashing the entire East Coast that next morning.

Thomas and Leslie left Manhattan very early by car and drove northward through Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the southwestern tip of Massachusetts. The drive was torturous, with gusts of rain and wind battering the car and with the windshield frequently immersed by sheets of water kicked up from passing trucks.

They arrived at Woods Hole at three in the afternoon. The rain still fell relentlessly. They waited at the gloomy colorless depot until the boarding of the late-afternoon steamer to Nantucket, the second and last boat out that day. The ferry encountered a severe squall crossing Nantucket Sound. On board, the storm felt even more intense than it was.

"Where are we going to stay tonight?" she asked, two hours out from Woods Hole. She sat beside a large plate-glass window that looked out on gray sky and water.

He shrugged.

"It won't be a problem," he said.

"There are a few places open year round' She snuggled close to him, her softness and warmth a comfort on a genuinely unpleasant voyage.

"Let's find an inn for the night" she said.

"The least we can do is have some fun." She gave him a soft kiss on the cheek, then, noting his sleepiness, disappeared for a few moments.

When she returned and again filled the empty space next to him, he was looking out the window, lost in thought about Sandlers, forgers, and claimants to unfound wills.

"I brought you something," she said. He looked at her.

She pushed toward him a steaming white styrofoam cup.

"Tea" she said.

"I got one for each of us' He took it, the tag to the tea bag hanging out as the steam rose aggressively.

He smiled.

"Tea, huh?" he said amiably.

"Even in North America you can't take the English out of an Englishwoman" She shook her head and sipped.

"What's inside someone, what he or she is born with, doesn't get scrubbed out," she said. She sipped again "My mother used to tell me that when I was small. I didn't understand it then "But now?"

She looked at him as if to nod, her eyes soft and more relaxed than he'd seen them before. Some of the tension was gone from her face, even on a nerve-wrackin journey like this, even when about to face Zenger. Maybe a voyage on salt water, however short or rough, did that for someone. Maybe in the future, he caught himself thinking, they could take a voyage together. just off somewhere. No destination to speak of.

He caught himself What the hell was he thinking about?

"What would you do with it?" he asked.

"Do with what?"

"The money," he said.

"All that Sandler money."

She smiled.

"Even if we win, it's years away."

"But eventually if you got it. Even if you got a small portion of it.

That's still a lot of dollars " She appeared pensive. Go off somewhere, I suppose' she said.

"Stop worrying about my father. Never worry about money again She let a few more seconds go by.

"Maybe continue my education She looked at him with a sly smile.

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