Archie felt Henry’s hand close around his arm.

“Let’s go,” Henry said firmly.

“Sure,” Archie said. But first he turned back to Jack. “One thing,” he said.

Jack raised his eyebrows, waiting.

Archie was struck with a sudden urge to take a swing at him, but he felt Henry’s hand tighten on his arm again and he let it pass. “Stay away from Susan Ward,” Archie said.

Jack arched an eyebrow and smirked. “Funny,” he said. “I think that little stunt bothered you more than it did my son.”

“We’ll be in touch,” Henry said quickly.

Archie tossed his piece of toast back onto the table and then let Henry steer him out of the kitchen.

Archie and Henry didn’t speak again until they were off the island, on the other side of the bridge, through the gates, and beyond the reach of the surveillance cameras. Only at that point did Archie retrieve the folded napkin out of his jacket pocket and hold it out to Henry.

“What?” Henry asked, touching his chin. “Do I have something on my face?”

Archie opened the napkin, revealing the silver teaspoon he’d swiped off the table after he’d spilled the tea. “Karim’s teaspoon,” Archie said. “Have his DNA checked, too.”

Chapter 28

CHAPTER

28

When Susan woke up, the light outside the window had faded and dark shadows crept across the wood floor. She listened for a minute. The house was quiet. Susan’s laptop was beside her on the bed, and she reached over and touched the keyboard to wake it up. The screen came to life, the Word document she’d been writing still open. The clock on the screen read 6:13 P.M. She blinked groggily, and realized that she had slept most of the afternoon away.