The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve pages 65-91.

Summary:

Jack was predicted to be depressed which caused the pilot's error. However, when asked by Robert, Kathryn said that he was not but unhappy. She also said about five years ago, Jack told her that he was terribly bored with the airline as the company had grown too fast and become too impersonal where he hardly knew any of the crew he flew with. Also, he was thinking of quitting his job for another one or even opening his own operation such as flying school. Later, the topic drifted off. Kathryn herself, did not want to rise the subject since so she was not sure if Jack had really been thinking about it for the past five years. It was hard for Kathryn to sleep in her room where Jack used to sleep with her, after Robert went back to the inn that night. So she decided to sleep in the spare room. She was then waken up by the loud voices of Julia and Mattie just after midnight. Mattie was trying to wrap her present for Jack but she could not. She was still not used to her father's death. Julia decided to take Mattie to her house as Mattie needed a neutral zone. Kathryn went back to sleep after Julia and Mattie were gone, this time in her own bedroom after she had regained her bravery. Kathryn woke up the next morning and saw Robert with a cup of coffee. Robert told her the news he had heard that it was a suicide. Kathryn could not believe it and so she quickly drove her car at a high speed to Julia's place.

Response:

Phew. . . It is getting to the climax soon! How exciting! I long to know what exactly the cause of the explosion is. I too, do not believe that it was a suicide, just like Kathryn. How could it be? Why would Jack really do such a stupid thing and left his beloved family? It did not really make sense to me. In my opinion, he was a good husband and father so he would not let his family suffer on purpose. I hope the union really got it wrong. Also, I hope Jack actually survived. I just got the idea, what if it was a Christmas surprise from Jack for his family? Maybe he wanted to see what his family's reaction is!