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reached the bedroom door he could hear Ethel crying, he had never felt so guilty in his entire life.  He slowly opened the door and entered the room, she was lying on the bed with her back to the door so she did not see him enter.
    “Ethel.”  He spoke softly, almost whispering.
    She rolled onto her back and saw her husband, he could tell by the look in her eyes that she detested him at this moment.  Bobby approached the bed and sat near her, she did not move away which he took as a good sign.  Everything he had been going over in his head was now gone, he had to speak from the heart.
    “Ethel I’m so sorry.”  He struggled to keep himself from crying.
    “So it’s all true?”  She replied, her face showing just how much it hurt her.
    “No, not all of it.”
    “Well what is the truth?”  She asked, unsure as to whether she really wanted to know the answer.
    “I went to see her for Jack.  They had been having an affair and no matter what he did she wouldn’t take the hint that it was over between them.  She started calling the White House, she even said that she was going to be the First Lady to Jackie.  So Jack asked me to fix it, when I got there she threw herself at me.”
    “You slept with her?”
    Bobby could not bring himself to answer verbally, he just nodded his head.
    Ethel let out a loud sob.
    “I’m so sorry honey.”
    She had her eyes closed, trying to hold back more tears.  “How could you?”
    “I can’t explain it.  It was the biggest mistake of my entire life.”
    “Why didn’t you tell me?”
    “I didn’t want to hurt you.”
    “Well you have hurt me Bobby.”
    “I know.”  His eyes were now filled with tears, he didn’t care about the Presidency, at this moment all that mattered to him was Ethel.
    “Did you kill her?”
    “No of course not, I was there to find her diary.  Jack had apparently told her some military secrets and she had dates of meetings with him.  I couldn’t find it and when I left she was alive, her doctor killed her.”
    “And you covered it up?”
    “I had to.”
    “You chose to.”  She snapped back.
    Bobby had no response and no excuses.
    “Your country needs you.”  She said bitterly.
    “I don’t want to leave until we sort this out.”
    “I need time to think.” 
    Bobby rose to his feet slowly as Ethel rolled over to her side once again.  He walked from the room desperately wishing he could stay.  He walked down stairs and bumped into Jane and Faraday.
    “How are you Bobby?”  Jane asked.
    “I’m okay, how are you both?”
    “We actually need a favour.  David is in hospital and we need him to be released.”
    “What happened?”  Bobby asked shocked, this was quickly becoming a terrible Christmas period.
    “He tried to kill himself, but I don’t know what they’ve given him, he is completely out of it.”
    “I don’t really have the time to deal with this just now.” 
    Faraday was stunned.  “We can’t leave him in there.”
    “Did you see Oswald this morning?  You know what I’m facing.”
    “If it wasn’t for David you wouldn’t even be President.”  Jane snapped.
    Bobby sighed.  “I’ll look into it as soon as possible, in fact I think Abaddon knows a couple of the doctors there.  I’ll ask him to give them a call.”
    Chapter 16
    As the jet touched down it was 17:05.  Will and Chase watched from the back of the FBI Agent’s car.  It had been a nightmare of a day thus far.  Once Oswald had hit the car they had been required to wait on the New York Police Department and then a local FBI agent, named Paul Hastings.  Bobby and Edgar had flown into New York in order to be present for the interrogation of Mengele.  They had decided that he was without a doubt the best lead regarding the Apollo 8 explosion.
    When the jet had come to a halt and the stairs were in place Will stepped from the car, pulling at Mengele to ensure that he followed, Chase stepped out the other side.  They walked the