“Sorry, Stone. I was on another call. How are you?”
“I’m doing well. How are you and, more importantly, Hillary?”
“I’m fine. Hillary is getting anxious to come home.”
“That’s what Sara said.”
“Oh?”
“She was just here. We have a signed divorce agreement, and if all goes well, it’ll be official by the end of the day.”
“That’s the best news I’ve heard in weeks.”
“I thought you’d be happy about it. Her soon-to-be ex is in a hurry to get it behind him.”
“That doesn’t sound like the jerk I knew.”
“Have you had any recent contact with him?”
“The last time I saw him was at the wedding. Whatever else I know about him comes from a very reliable source: my wife.”
“The type of contact I’m talking about would have been done through a third party.”
“I’m sorry, Stone. I’m not following.”
“The reason he suddenly agreed to settle with Sara is because someone beat him up last week and threatened that it would happen again if he didn’t leave Sara alone.”
Jack fell silent for several seconds. “And you are thinking I had something to do with it.”
“Only that it could be a possibility.”
“You’ve seen me in ways most have not, so I’ll grant that’s a fair point. But if I was going to do something to him, I would have done it the day she filed for divorce. I wouldn’t have let it drag on for so long.”
Stone believed him. “Sorry, Jack. I had to ask.”
“No apology necessary. I would have done the same in your shoes. I will say, if I ever find out who did it, I’d like to shake their hand. But that’s something to worry about later.”
“How are things on the threatening message front? Have you any clue who sent it yet?”
“Unfortunately, no. If someone’s been asking questions about me, they’re not talking to anyone I know.”
“It would have been too easy if they were,” Stone said.
There was aclickon the line.
“That’s Hillary,” Jack said. “She probably wants me to pressure the medical director into releasing her.”
“Then I won’t keep you. Please tell her I’m glad she’s feeling better, but that she should trust the medical staff to know best.”
“I will, but it won’t work. Bye, Stone.”
Stone hung up, then called Dino.
“Yes,” Dino said.
“Yes, what?”
“Yes, I’m free for dinner.”
