But he understood, with a clarity that surprised him, that his fury was exactly what would fail his daughter.

Because Sarah had built a narrative in which Marcus was the unstable, overwhelmed, grief-stricken father who could not cope, and a father who stormed and raged and smashed things would simply be handing her the final proof of that narrative.

The most devastating thing Marcus could do was the opposite of rage: it was to be calm, and methodical, and completely, unassailably lawful.

Every piece of evidence gathered properly.