Stephanie laughed, and there was not one atom of shame in it.

“We needed a break, okay?

Do you have any idea how exhausting it’s been, dealing with all of this?”

I almost admired it.

I want to be honest about that.

There is a certain purity to arrogance that complete, a kind of terrible confidence, and part of me — the professional part, the part that has interviewed a great many thieves — almost admired the sheer scale of it.