‘The intern – Trish – told him his wife had called twice and that it was important, but he didn’t even ask what it was about. It was obviously something that had been going on for a while. Trish didn’t even wait for him to make a decision, which is a bit strange when you think about it. I can tell her you’re in a meeting, she said. But she was looking at Tamara when she said it.’ ‘That doesn’t necessarily mean they are having an affair.’ ‘Didn’t you smell Tamara’s perfume?’ ‘No. I didn’t.’ ‘Well, I did. And it was all over Graham.’
Hawthorne is now explaining how he knows that the publisher is having an affair with Tamara, a woman who works with him in his office, and that he’s getting a divorce.
