He smiles at me with all his teeth and lunges toward me, catching my face in his hands to plant a fervent kiss on my forehead. My nose wiggles comically. He notices the movement, still smiling.
“You’re the best, little lamb.”
“Let’s go.”
The door closes behind us. We immediately move silently through the place.
“How do you know she’s not here?”
“She’s at the cocktail with my father. Don’t worry, that event won’t be over for a while.”
I nod and move with him through the house. We pass the garden, enter through the open door to the interior, and I move quietly through the living room while he noisily rummages through everything he sees.
“You can’t go unnoticed, can you?”
“There’s no one here,” he reminds me.
I roll my eyes.
Something falls, he curses, clutching his foot. I ignore h
