Conversations between partners
Chapter 1: Intuition
The old one-two went off without a hitch. Rhonda led and Jim followed smoothly. They were experts at this game and Nick Dunne was a novice. This time, however, Jim felt a lingering sense of doubt about the reality they'd created. Did most married couples know each other's blood type? He waited until Dunne had left the room before voicing the question.
'Should I know my wife's blood type?'
'No,' Rhonda scoffed. She shook her head, clearly amused. Relieved, Jim leaned back in his chair. He didn't even know his own blood type; let alone Tiffany's.
'Should I have sensed that?' Jim suggested. Usually, he could tell when Rhonda was playing people. She did that all the time. He should have known that she had just been making stuff up and passing it off as normal behaviour to rattle Dunne.
'You know, like a good partner would've?' he added.
'You are a good partner,' Rhonda replied, without looking up.