Chapter 14
Atlanta, GA
Charles
AFTER PHILIP LEFT, I returned to my desk and started organizing the accumulated messages in order of what I deemed to be their importance. When I’d finished that chore, I buzzed Rosemary and said, “Shall we have a go at it?”
“I’ll be right in.”
She came in and took her usual seat. Before I could begin, she looked closely at me and said, “I don’t know what you did over the holiday weekend, but it certainly agreed with you. You look like your old self again.”
“Lord, if one more person says that to me….”
“But it’s true. I don’t think you realize just how tired and drawn you’d begun to look. Everyone in the office has remarked about it at one time or another.”
Before she could continue, I cut her off and said, “Okay, so I’ve had a rest cure. Right now, I
