Nathan Brooks had not rushed anything.

That is the part that took Margaret longest to accept, and it is the part she tells people when they say how could nobody catch it. The rush was only the last two days.

The rest of it was slow.

It was a man driving his wife to an emergency room, four separate times, over half a year, being seen by everyone as a husband who was maybe a little overprotective.

Emily herself thought it was sweet.

She said so.