The Wind Is Rising - Part 1 by Daniel Steele

Author:Daniel Steele [Steele, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WEM Publishing
Published: 2013-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE: THE HARD PART IS GETTING OUT OF THE OFFICE FRIDAY NIGHT

November 12, 2005

Friday, 6 P.M.

When I stepped out of the Big Man’s office Myra was waiting. Putting her arms around me and molding her curves into me, she gave me a long kiss and then whispered into the side of my neck, “My hero.”

When I laughed she kissed me again.

“You can’t stop saving people, can you? I heard about you standing off those cowboys at St. Vincent’s.”

‘It was more Deputy Deel and McConnell and a half dozen JSO guys than me. All I did was try to talk sense to the head cowboy. I’m not a hero. I’m just a lawyer,”

She molded herself to me again and nuzzled me.

“You can’t help yourself, Mr. Maitland. You know, everybody sees that except you. Back when you were – not as nice looking and a lot more married – you were still the same man. I thought then that – if – you – tried just a little bit to spruce yourself up, and showed even a little bit of interest in another woman, you would have attracted the ladies. But you never cared about anybody – but Debbie. And I kind of thought that that was a waste because too many people noticed how unhappy you were.”

“That was my fault, not Debbie’s.”

“You wouldn’t have been that unhappy if Debbie had felt the same way about you.”

“Chicken or egg. The important thing is that we are going to spend some quality time together tonight. Right?”

“I’m looking forward to it. What do you want to do tonight, other than the most important thing?”

“Let’s play it by ear, Myra. Maybe we can head for the Landing, grab a drink or a bite and watch the boats parade up and down.”

“That sounds good. I’ll see you at my place – when?”

“It’s close to 5:30. I’ve got a few things to wrap. How about 7?”

“I’ll be waiting for you with bells on – or maybe nothing at all? How about that?”

“Yeah, how about that.”

I had just made it back to my office, where Cheryl had already left for the day, when my phone rang.

“Bill, are you alright?”

“I’m fine, Debbie. You heard about the cowboys?”

“Yeah, people are talking about it. They actually tried to take him at gunpoint? “

“It was a little more complicated than that. There was just a misunderstanding about them serving a warrant on Bell.”

It occurred to me for just a moment to wonder why I was bothering to lie to her. I wouldn’t have lied to Myra, or anybody else. Just habit. I had spent 10 years trying as best as I could to shield her from the realities of my job, of my world. It had probably worked better than I ever expected. It had had the result of shutting her out of my life completely. But, it was too late to change things now.

“Oh, well, it sounded pretty dramatic. Look, I’m sorry to have bothered you. I know you must be trying to get out of the office.

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