After the meeting with Isabelle French and the committee, Claire walked away thinking, I am done with Lock Dixon. It was all adolescent nonsense, anyway, and what were they doing, two reasonable, married adults? Claire climbed in bed with Jason and thought, I am happy here. I am happy! That Lock Dixon had showed an interest in her was flattering and would be left at that.How to explain what happened? Claire had always thought of adultery as a country she either wasn’t brave enough or didn’t want to visit—until someone handed her a passport and a ticket, and suddenly she was on her way. Lock called Claire on her cell phone, which he had never done before. She was driving home from dropping the kids off at school; she had only Zack in the car and he was drifting off to sleep. Claire was so certain it was Siobhan on the phone that she picked it up without checking the display and said, somewhat glumly (because she wasn’t exactly giddy about giving up Lock; in fact, it left her feeling deflated), “Hey.”“Claire?”It was him.
