Without A Trace

She also knew that Charlie didn’t love his job, and that dealing with his boss was an agony for him most of the time. Their marriage was already bad enough, without adding mysterious disappearances to it. She was the symbol of freedom to him, the reward for the dark years of living in a loveless marriage with a woman who was incapable of loving anyone, even her own children at times, depending on her mood of the hour. Isabelle’s lawyer tried to hold onto it as an argument, but finally gave up.