After listening to a weather report and looking out a window at the accumulating snow, Davis began to nervously pace around the room until his wife exploded.
“Will you please settle down,” she said. “There isn’t a thing we can do about the weather, so you might as well accept that we may have to change our plans. The storm is supposed to end soon, and if it does, it won’t have any effect on our trip.”
She said this as she headed to the bathroom with the others following closely behind so they could talk without being overheard.
“I don’t know how much longer I can carry on with this charade,” said Davis. “I get jumpy every time I hear a strange noise, and I’m not getting much sleep. Every time a new person enters my office, I think he’s there to arrest me.”
“You worry too much,” Betty s
