about Anne. “I know most of you fucked her,” Tony thought angrily.
He went back to his in-laws and at around four he left. Once he left the town, he stopped his
car and called Uncle Joe from the disposable phone.
“I’m heading to the airport. I’ll be back on Tuesday afternoon, you can call me in the evening. Anne will be missing for a couple of days. Hear what I have to say.” Uncle Joe said.
Tony listened very carefully and hung up. He started the engine and stepped on the gas.
Once he reached home three hours later, he poured himself some whiskey. He then went to his bedroom with the bottle and lay on the bed. He took his phone and called Mary.
“I just reached home, Anne is not here and her car is not in the garage. I’ve tried to call her several times but it is always busy. Yesterday when you called her, did she say anything about going out today?” Tony already knew Mary’s answer.
He went to sleep after four glasses of whiskey.
Monday morning, he woke up early and looked at the ceiling. “I need to get used to it, waking up without Anne,” he thought.
Before going to work he called the police and got detective Stanley on the line. He explained what happened. He was asked the usual questions for missing persons. He gave him all the details on Anne and his office address and phone number including his cell. As soon as he reached his office he called Anne at work and was told that she had not come in and had not called for a day off. He immediately called Det. Stanley. By noon the detective was in his office.
“We have sent a picture of your wife to all hospitals and police stations.”
“A picture? Where did you get it?” Tony asked.
“The police can retrieve all persons’ driving license. Why didn’t you call us yesterday when you found out she was not at home?”
“She used to go out with her friends and came in late at night, sometimes when I was already asleep. But she never spent the night away.”
“Does she regularly go out with her colleagues at work?”
“When she’s working late or sometimes when there is a small party among employees only.”
“Does she party with her colleagues John and Steve, and with her boss Bill?”
“What do you mean by party? As I just said sometimes they’ll go for dinner together after working late. Or like a couple of weeks ago Bill offered a party to his employees only, to celebrate some high profit contract. She always let me know and would always return home. Why did you mention John, Steve and Bill?”
“Because they have not come to work either. John’s and Steve’s wives have also called the police. They were on a one-day business trip and were supposed to be home yesterday afternoon.”
“I don’t know what to say, detective. Do you have any info on this business trip?”
“We’ve contacted your wife’s work and was told there was no business trip scheduled last weekend.”
“I left her Saturday at 6:00 p.m. and three hours later my mother-in-law called her at home.”
“How do you know she was at home?”
“Because she called our home phone.”
“Has your wife ever cheated on you?”