The World is Full of Married Men by Jackie Collins

Author:Jackie Collins
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

When David arrived at his house and put the key in the front door, it wouldn’t open. He lit a match to make sure he was using the right key, but although it turned smoothly, the door remained tightly shut. Realization dawned. Linda had bolted it from the inside.

He went around to the back door, but that was also tightly barred. A strong, choked anger rose in him. He returned to the front and pressed his finger firmly down on the bell push. The jangly sound of the buzzer was loud and insistent. There was no response. He tried it again, this time leaving his finger there for several minutes. A light went on in the upstairs window. It was the maid’s room. He waited impatiently for her to come down and let him in, but nothing happened, and after a while her light went out again.

He was furious – Linda was obviously up and had told Ana to ignore the bell. He kicked savagely at the door but only succeeded in hurting his foot.

This is incredible, he thought. Who the fuck does she think the bloody house belongs to?

‘Listen, Linda,’ he shouted. ‘Don’t do this to me – open the door or I’m going for the police.’

The house loomed still and dark before him. He banged on the door with his fists – nothing. He leaned on the bell push again – nothing. Then, faintly, from upstairs there floated down the sound of a child crying. He stood there, undecided about what to do. He felt guilty about waking the children, but after all, it was Linda’s fault for not letting him in. He pushed the bell firmly and insistently for one final time, and to his surprise the bolts were pushed back and the door opened a few inches. He went to push it farther open but it clanged to a shuddering stop – held by the safety chain.

Linda peered out at him, white-faced and angry. ‘Go away. You make me sick.’ Her voice sounded flat and tired.

‘Come on, let me in. We’ll talk about it. It was nothing – I was drunk.’

‘I don’t want to talk to you. I don’t want to see you. Go back to your little tramp and leave me alone.’

She slammed the door in his face.

He swore, hammered on the door, and shouted, ‘You’ll be sorry, Linda. I’ll bloody go away and I won’t come back!’

She didn’t return. Furious, he strode back to his car, got in, and started it viciously.

* * *

When David left the party, Jay phoned Linda and warned her. He then got hold of Lori who was dancing closely with a swarthy-faced ambassador, and sat her down in a corner.

‘You saw David take that broad out onto the terrace. What’s with you, big mouth? Why did you tell Linda?’

She looked uninterested. ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about, honey,’ she drawled. ‘Is something going on?’

‘Yeah, something’s going on.’ He shrugged disgustedly. ‘Are you really as dumb as you pretend to be?’

She looked sulky.

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