“I mean that literally, Vesper.

If those people see you panic, if they see you frightened and sloppy, they’ll use it — they’ll know exactly how much pressure to put on the boy.

Your calm is a wall between them and him.

Hold the wall.”

It was almost impossible.

But I held it, because a mother whose child is inside the house of a man willing to sacrifice his own family will do impossible things, one hour at a time.