Trouble and strife

“OK... because so much of this conversation is my guesswork, let me guess! The favour you want of me is to let Jenny know, gently, that you’re still alive and kidnapped... and then to get her to call your mobile?”

”Well no... not exactly...”

“Not exactly?... or more like not at all! Getting information or any kind of explanation out of you seems pretty impossible. You don’t want to speak to your wife, or more accurately your widow... and presumably your kids either. So the really big question, among loads of others is why the hell not?”

”It wouldn’t help!”