CHAPTER FIVE
11:15 PM, August 21, 2013
Room 549, L’Auberge Resort & Spa
301 Little Lane, Sedona, Arizona
You’ve already guessed that my primary motivation for this Sedona trip was to gather information about the missing Christus. I admit that I promised Gretchen that I’d put my obsession on hold, but she knew that I was lying. I wasn’t being honest when I said it. You knew that I was insincere when you read it.
I’m not a dishonest man. I’m a realist.
No marriage survives 30 years without liberal fabrications by both spouses on a full spectrum of topics. Wives lie about the finances that they control.
“This little old thing? Honey, I’ve had it for years,” they’ll deceitfully claim when you spot a suspicious new dress or pair of expensive Italian high heels.
Women mislead their men a
