Page 139 of The Grey Wolf
“What’re you doing here?”
Sister Joan had arrived for work at the seminary in DC to find Jean-Guy Beauvoir sitting on the hard bench in the hallway.
“Waiting for you.” He stood and swung his backpack over his shoulder. “I’m on my way to the airport, but I needed to speak to you first.”
“I have nothing more to say to you.” She unlocked her door.
“Brother Robert. Sister Irene.”
“What about them?”
“They’re the other two, in the trio of singers.” He held out the newspaper clipping.
“I’ve seen it. And now you know everything I do.”
“Is lying a sin?”
She turned and looked at him.
“My colleague from the Sûreté has found Sister Irene, in the Curia. But it’s Brother Robert we need to talk to.”
Sister Joan sat behind her desk and stared at Jean-Guy Beauvoir. At his weary, anxious face.
“I don’t know how to contact him. All I know is that he left here to take up a position in Rome.”
“Were you surprised?”
“A little. He seemed happy here.”
“So, you were here then.”
Now she looked embarrassed. “Yes. But I never met the other one. Brother Sébastien. The one you were asking about yesterday.”
“And Sister Irene? You must’ve known her.”
“Yes. She left soon after Brother Robert.”
“What’s his background? Where’s he from? I know he’s a Carthusian.”
“I can’t give you his personal information.”
“Can you at least tell me what he taught? That can’t be a secret.”
“Chemistry and biology. He also, of course, has a degree in theology.”
“Of course.” There was another person Jean-Guy hoped never to sit beside at a dinner party. “And Sister Irene? What did she teach?”
“History.”
“They must’ve been good friends to have gone along with the idea of singing karaoke in a bar in their robes. They must’ve known it was not the best idea.”
She shrugged. “That was years ago. They were young. We all do things we regret.”
Jean-Guy was tempted to ask about her regrets, but instead said, “The seminary found out because of the article?”
“I wasn’t here then, but yes, I think that’s a good bet.”
“Then all three must’ve been disciplined, but only Sébastien was fired. Why only him?”
