This visit you planned, to frighten a helpless woman — it was the last free thing any of you will do for a long while.” Garrett’s mouth opened and closed.

Barron had sat down heavily in the visitor’s chair, his face in his hands.

And Celina had begun to say something shrill about lawyers and lies when the door opened again, and two uniformed officers came in, and the room went very quiet, because there is a silence that falls when handcuffs come out that nothing else in the world can produce.

Chapter 13 — Under Arrest