London 1953

Recently married and still in the honeymoon phase, he was starting his career. The theater play ‘The Mousetrap’ was his latest success. The death of Leo Kopernick unsettled everyone; then, an investigator was brought in, and everyone was a victim or suspect. That didn’t cause production to halt; you were his number one supporter, always on the front row. Following the end of the play, everyone went to their dressing rooms. You congratulated the others on your way to his room; recognizing your knock, he answered.

”Come in, darling.”