Chapter 74
McDuff stood outside Victoria’s house longer than he meant to, still struggling for words or an idea of anything sensible to say.
He did want to go along with Jean and Father Hall’s suggestion about moving against Stewart. Very much. The idea of escaping the investigation that had passed from hanging over his head and well into tightening round his neck was near irresistible.
And he kept coming back to what Jean said about the idea being uncomfortable.
What worried him was allowing Victoria to solve this problem—with such help as he could offer—felt less uncomfortable by the minute. The thought of not acting, of simply letting everything play out along its natural course, sounded much more difficult.
Which brought McDuff firmly into his fear of the opposite: being too comfo
