“Enjoy your trip as well,” Marta said sincerely.
“Oh, I will, Marta darlin’. I will! Junior thought.
Junior never intended to go to Boston. He had planned to trick Marta into attending the War Department conference in Washington. The first phase of his scheme had gone like clockwork. Marta had agreed to go, and bought his ploy without reservation.
The second phase went equally well. Junior arrived in Washington early on Monday afternoon, just as if he had come down from Boston.
Junior had prepared to explain that he was in Washington because the government had cancelled the meetings unexpectedly on Monday morning. With no conflict remaining, he had taken the train down to Washington to check on the War Department meetings.
Without Marta’s knowledge, Junior reserved the suite’s optiona
