47Chief Charlot had called Paul-Henri and gotten no immediate answer, which was clearly a problem and something he would have to answer to once she had made the arrest. She turned the police car into the Valettes’ driveway, looking forward to confronting Simon. Not making an arrest, she wasn’t that impulsive…but who knew how the questioning would go this time, when she applied a bit more pressure?
Simon opened the door at her knock, his expression stony.
“Have I caught you at a bad time?” she said, in a syrupy-sweet tone. “Good. That’s usually quite helpful.” She slipped into the house though Simon had not gestured to her to enter or even moved out of the center of the doorway.
“Haven’t I answered all of your questions?” he said.
“Oh now, you must understand, Monsieur Valette, that wit
