He was not looking at her.

“And that,” Theresa said, “is the part I’d call ordinary.

The part I’d call interesting is financial.”

Something changed in Sabina’s posture — a small stillness that Chadworth, who had spent thirty years across tables from people, recognized instantly and felt in his stomach.

“When Mr.

Prescott called me at six this morning, I did two things,” Theresa said.

“The first was to arrange to be in the driveway.

The second was to ask our forensic accountants to pull the household operating account, because in my experience these situations are rarely only about temperament.”