“It must have been tough for you when he retired suddenly like that. But you said he disappeared. Did you try to get in touch with him?”
“I’ve called him, texted him, emailed him, gone over to his house…I’ve tried everything. His house is closed up with the curtains drawn and no lights on at night. His phone went to voicemail for a while, but now the number’s not even in service.”
“Have you gone to the police?”
“Sure, I went to them, but it’s not going to go anywhere. They took my report and said they’d do a welfare check and make some inquiries, but they more or less told me that he’s a grown man with a right to disappear if that’s what he wants to do.”
“But you don’t think that’s what he wanted to do?”
“Not without saying something, anyway. If he had told me that he wanted to go off
