‘What exactly is Hugo doing in Lexminster?’ she asked Peter, trying to give his thoughts a new direction.
‘It’s business,’ Peter told her vaguely.
‘Business?’ Dee raised her eyebrows. ‘I thought you said his work involved lobbying politicians for international support for his aid programme.’
‘Yes. It does,’ Peter agreed. ‘But Lexminster University has access to certain foundation funds which have been donated over the years to be used as the university sees fit.’
‘For charitable causes,’ Dee agreed. She knew all about such foundations.
‘Hugo hopes to get the university to agree to donate all or part of them to his aid programme.’
‘But I thought they were supposed to be used to benefit university scholars’ projects.’
‘Hugo was a university scholar,’ Peter reminded her simply. Yes, he had been, and Peter was on the committee that dealt with the disbursement of those funds, as Dee already knew. She started to frown. Was Hugo’s desire to move in with Peter and take care of him as altruistic as it had initially seemed? The Hugo she had known would certainly never have stooped to such tactics. But then the Hugo she had known would never have worn a Savile Row suit, nor a subtly expensive and discreet cologne that smelled of fresh mountain air just warmed by a hint of citrus.
Dee was becoming increasingly alarmed at the thought of leaving Peter on his own with Hugo, but she sensed that it wouldn’t be wise to express her doubts. From what Peter had already said to her it was obvious that for him Hugo could do no wrong.
Dee was frowning over this unpalatable knowledge when she heard someone knocking on the front door.
‘That will be Hugo!’ Peter exclaimed with evident pleasure. ‘You’d better go and let him in.’
Yes, and no doubt lie prone in the hallway so that he could wipe his boots on her, Dee decided acidly as she got up off the bed.
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