Clumsily, greedily, the way people forge things when they are certain no one who matters will ever look.

I closed the folder and smiled and said it all looked very thorough.

It was the truest thing I said all morning.

It was thorough.

It was thorough enough to send them both to prison.

Chapter 10 — The Cars on the Gravel

At half past nine, two unmarked sedans came up the gravel drive and stopped.

Julian was at the front window with his coffee, and he made an irritated sound.