Not from amusement.
Sometimes arrogance responds to unexpected reality with laughter.
He shouted upstairs.
«Sarah, seriously?»
Julianne remained near the entrance.
David set down his suitcase.
«This trip was exactly what our marriage needed,» he said loudly. «If this is some dramatic separation thing, we’re not doing it.»
Then Agent Hale emerged from the hallway.
Two state officers stood behind him.
David stopped.
Hale later said it was the first time David appeared genuinely frightened.
«Mr. Vance?»
David studied their badges.
«Yes?»
«David Michael Vance?»
«Yes.»
Hale opened the leather
