She had been given explicit instructions tomake a good impression, not to offend, not to step on toes. She was too busybasking in the glow of everyone's adoration to be there for him or fortheir children. He cocked a brow and tried to visualizeher without the mega-parka. As far as he had been able to discern, no one had suspectedAlbert at the time of his wife's illness and subsequent death.
The voice was cool, controlled,frighteningly so. Iwas naive. No emotion registered on the face that was cast half in shadow, half inthe grainy light that shone down from above the garage door. For the most part, hefelt numb, stunned by the lost opportunity.
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