cell
"Martel. Leave me something at the beep or try my secretary."

home
"Martel. I'm not home or I'm not answering my phone; try my cellphone if you need me, or leave a message at the tone."

office/caroline maxwell
"This is Aloysius Martel's office, Martel Security. Mr Martel isn't available right now, but I'd be happy to take a message and see ( Read more... )

Most of the time, Maria can expect not to hear much out of Aloysius on a Monday. (He's always worked late, it's not that the house feels empty, just a middle-aged man and his habits.) Unfortunately, this particular Monday, when he did finally haul himself out of his office and back to the house, the first thing he did (standing in the hall with his ( Read more... )

As Maria has - today, even - noted, Aloysius Martel is incredibly good at unprompted madness. The sort that he prefers not to warn anyone about, although the astute will probably be expecting something, if not specifics ( Read more... )

Aloysius isn't in the habit of missing engagements or forgetting things - and mostly he hasn't, in fact, but in the discreet scuffle to get his entire extended family to agree to come to New York, this year, rather than Colorado or Cordoba...well, he might've neglected to properly mention to Maria that he's expecting his aunt (today) and that she' ( Read more... )

At 5:30AM on Saturday morning in New York City, it is 8:30AM in Cordoba, Argentina, and Aloysius Martel is doing his level best not to wake girlfriend or girlfriend's child when he slides out of bed (looms over the bassinet for a moment, just checking on her, just because), because the quiet moments between other lives are the best times to catch ( Read more... )

It's a while since Halloween, now, and Aloysius has been fielding 'so, about your baby!' inquiries since roughly a day after. Alya is the latest to call, although when she did he didn't have the time to actually discuss it (much less correct her ( Read more... )

It's nearly 10AM when Caroline gives him a moment's warning that she's putting his father through on line one. Aloysius is well into his morning and the proposed interruption more than slightly jarring, but it's not really as though he can wriggle out ( Read more... )

Having vetoed another year as James Bond - 'picking up a martini glass might work, but it's not very sporting, Aloysius' - Elena has placed herself in charge of Aloysius's Halloween costume this year. This is probably why he finds himself attired suitably as King Philip of France, though he suspects it has more to do with the fact Elena's been ( Read more... )

( aloysius martel: the YOU HATEFUL LITTLE BASTARD years )

Though Aloysius had got Maria's voicemail Thursday evening, between the two of them it's not until Friday that he calls back, dialing while he shrugs his coat over his jacket and sails out of the office with half a dozen instructions for Caroline going back over his shoulder. He waits for her to answer while he rides the elevator down to get out ( Read more... )