June Ayinde Summary

Ayinde sits on the bed cradling Julian, watching Richard get ready for another trip, saying she wishes he wouldn't go. She knows it's his willingness to do anything his corporate sponsors require, from dining and golfing, to autographing basketballs for their kids, that makes him so valuable. They thought they were giving him vacations, but he took them seriously, researching the names and histories of the men and their families that he'd be meeting.

Ayinde watches him smiling to himself and she feels he must be looking forward to getting away from a squalling baby and a wife who flinches every time he touches her. She thinks about the times in Texas when she hadn't minded him leaving. She would pick up extra time working at the station, or sometimes came back east with him and visited her parents and gone...