"What was he saying?" asks Carl.
"He talked a bit about when he was involved in that church in Melbourne he met this girl who he married. He did mention that it was a sham, and the way he expressed it was like the old boys' network, two queer men understanding implicitly that they sometimes will marry women as a cover up or to try to cure themselves of their homosexuality, and of course it never works and usually leads to huge problems. That part I don't really have trouble with. He says that when she left him she was pregnant with their daughter who he now wants to meet."
"But there is more", says Carl, as we cross at the pedestrian signal cheeping like an electronic songbird on steroids...
"It's the way he left her and what happened after. The next day he got a phone call from Angela, remember she is Sarah's friend from back in Melbourne who connected her with the church and the faith. Chuck says he got a phone call from her the day after and was informed that this position of street minister he is now working in would be immediately available to him if he would leave the country immediately and have no further contact with his wife. And that he accepted it without arguing. It just does not compute."
"Do you think he was hitting her?" says Francois.
"It could be. Oh, there is something else as well. He was apparently abducted to that island where Jason and Lindstrom were both guests, or hostages, or whatever, and apparently must have been there for fifteen years before suddenly finding himself flying back to Australia."
"Do you think we could get him to talk about it?" says Carl.
"Next time we're sitting down I will send Jason a text and see how soon he can come down here. I'm sure he can help solve this puzzle", says Francois.
"Why not text him now?" says Carl.
"I try to never be on my phone when I'm walking. Don't want to turn into a tech zombie."
"If Chuck gets involved with us here, I don't think he is going to have much choice in the matter but talk about it" , say I...
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