Silent Victim (2010)
“Chuck’s voice was weary, a combination of concern and irritation. He stood behind his desk, looking at Lee, arms crossed, his blond eyebrows knit in a frown, staring at his friend’s heavily bandaged hand. Lee had come straight from the emergency room to the afternoon meeting in Chuck’s office.
“I had a misunderstanding with a door,” Lee said, avoiding eye contact.
“Yeah, very funny.” Chuck didn’t move. “What really happened?”
“Seriously, that’s what happened.”
“Okay—let me see, then.”
“Look, I ...didn’t try to kill myself, if that’s what you’re afraid of. If I’d done that, both wrists would be bandaged.”
“Yeah? So let me see.” Chuck was being unusually obstinate.
“I’ll tell you the whole story, if you really insist on it.”
“Okay.”
Lee told him the whole episode of the visit to John Jay—and the sudden attack of rage that caused him to punch a hole through the glass top of the door.
Chuck listened warily, as if looking to catch him out in a lie, but when he was finished, said, “Okay.MoreLess
“I had a misunderstanding with a door,” Lee said, avoiding eye contact.
“Yeah, very funny.” Chuck didn’t move. “What really happened?”
“Seriously, that’s what happened.”
“Okay—let me see, then.”
“Look, I ...didn’t try to kill myself, if that’s what you’re afraid of. If I’d done that, both wrists would be bandaged.”
“Yeah? So let me see.” Chuck was being unusually obstinate.
“I’ll tell you the whole story, if you really insist on it.”
“Okay.”
Lee told him the whole episode of the visit to John Jay—and the sudden attack of rage that caused him to punch a hole through the glass top of the door.
Chuck listened warily, as if looking to catch him out in a lie, but when he was finished, said, “Okay.MoreLess
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