He said it to me at five-forty in the morning while I was making the worst decision of my life, and I ignored him.”

Rosamund closed the folder.

“I have a condition,” she said.

He blinked.

“All right.”

“If I take this job, then I’m the one who tells you when something is wrong in this house.

That’s what the job is.

And you have to actually receive it.” She met his eyes and did not look away.