Chapter 55

Sunday morning, Richard’s bed appeared not to have been slept in. Charles said this was not unusual, given Richard’s lifestyle, so we went on with our planned schedule. After church, we went to Patty’s Place and had a wonderful brunch, returning home about two thirty. There was still no sign of Richard, so we crawled in bed for a nap. Around four o’clock, we dressed and went downstairs, where Richard was sound asleep on the sofa in the study. Charles immediately woke him up.

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Atlanta, GACharles

WHEN I SAW RICHARD lying there asleep while we’d been kept in suspense, I became more than a little annoyed and said rather loudly, “Where have you been? We waited and wondered last night, but you never showed up.”

Richard roused himself slowly and said finally, “For your information, I was on the job last night.”

“All night long?”

“Well, not quite all night, but most of it.”

“Can you take it from the beginning? Please?”