Chapter Thirty-One
The longer he sat in the dark, the angrier Darque got. Not at what had happened to Penny and Cheryl, but at himself. What had happened to the two women may have been unavoidable because of the investigative path he had followed, but it was now clear that he should have been pursuing a different course. Rolnikov had sent him enough clues to get a step ahead of the opposition, but he had chosen instead to be cautious and stay one step behind. The habit of staying reactive rather than becoming proactive was complacency at its worst, and a route that usually led to disaster. Staying one step behind automatically means the other side wins. Hopefully, there was still enough time to switch tactics. He considered some future actions, but was interrupted by the phone ringing on
