39The next morning Molly sped into the village early with two goals in mind: get a few wedding errands crossed off her list, and find Daniel Coulon if he was still in town. She rode through the Place, eyes peeled, but did not see him, then went down rue Malbec in case he was still hanging out around his father’s house. Still no sign of him.
She and Ben had decided not to tell Odile how close the gendarmes were to arresting her, agreeing that the news might put enough pressure on her that she might do something she shouldn’t—make a run for it, cause a scene, anything other than just go to work every day and not throw ashtrays at anybody. All Dufort/Sutton could do to protect their client was try to offer the gendarmes other possibilities, equally convincing, to buy some time.
Was it possi
