His eyes narrowing with his mind full of suspicion, Robert reached for his phone to dial the number of Williams, where Jessica's suggestion hung precariously in the air, threatening to snap any fragile threads of trust holding them together.
"Hmmm, Robert, why don't we just fix it up," Jessica suggested desperately, trying to camouflage the truth in hopes he would not be angry and mete out a deserving consequence.
But Robert, wise and farsighted, intuitively felt the weight of the moment and felt that in those words of Jessica were deceit-and strongly disagreed with her, "No, Jessica, please do not suggest such, for I need to know who is in my house and with whom I deal, to unravel the mystery which has been going on under my nose."
Emma's look changed from concern to determination, and
