Chapter 16
Charles slumped into the chair behind his desk, and then was forced to move as memories assailed him hard enough to make it difficult to breathe. He looked at Coulson. “Did he say anything that you would care to share?”
“Well…” Coulson fidgeted.
Charles moved away from the desk and went to stand by the fireplace. He leaned on the mantel took off his spectacles and pinched the bridge of his nose.
Coulson cleared his throat, but a soft knock announced Blackstone’s arrival. Charles looked at the two men. To him, they were a symbol of all that was good in a rotten world. They loved each other, supported each other, and cared for each other in a world that would see them hang because of it.
He put the spectacles back on. “I’ll not ask you to break his confidence, but if there is
