The Pelican Brief (Page 85)

"Yes."

"Velmano, Schwabe, and Einstein have been indicted, but they can’t find Velmano. Mattiece, of course, has been indicted, along with four of his people. There’ll be more indictments later. It dawned on me a few days ago that there was no big cover-up at the White House, so I lost steam. I think it killed his reelection, but he’s not a felon. The city’s a circus."

They walked in silence as it grew darker. She’d heard enough of this, and he was sick of it too. There was half a moon, and it reflected on the still water. She put her arm around his waist, and he pulled her closer. They were in the sand, away from the water. The house was a half a mile behind them.

"I’ve missed you," she said softly.

He breathed deeply but said nothing.

"How long will you stay?" she asked.

"I don’t know. A couple of weeks. Maybe a year. It’s up to you."

"How about a month?"

"I can do a month."

She smiled at him, and his knees were weak. She looked at the bay, at the moon’s reflection in the center of it as the sailboat crawled by. "Let’s take it a month at a time, okay Gray?"

"Perfect."