Chapter 300

• The next evening, Michael had an early dinner. On his way past the reception to the lift, he made sure that Lisa saw his greeting nod. She responded with a smile and a quick look at her wristwatch.
• Not expecting her arrival before ten, Michael had a leisurely shower. Then, in his dressing gown, he sat down at the desk and opened his iPad Air to check his mail and to go over some of his prepared lectures for Innsbruck.
• However, this time his normally disciplined mind could not focus on such a task. Like Rita, Lisa was coming to fuck. But unlike with Rita -- who had been a stranger he met in a drunken but strangely fortuitous interlude - Lisa's arrival filled Michael with uncertainties.