Arthur approached the barrier.
“We have been waiting twenty minutes.”
“Sir, we’re working on it.”
Arthur looked directly at me.
“Tell them we’re expected.”
“I can’t change the verification process.”
“You’re making this unnecessarily difficult.”
“Everyone is waiting.”
Trevor stepped closer.
“Maybe we should just wait.”
Arthur snapped:
“Trevor, this isn’t your concern.”
Then he came toward me again.
“Kate, we need to settle something before we go inside.”
“There’s nothing to settle here.”
He glanced toward the officers.
Lowered his voice.
“When we enter that building, you will pretend you have never met us.”