Matthew Quinn slowly lifted his eyelids and uttered words that were utterly infuriating: "No."
Emma Turner held her breath; for a moment, she thought of crashing into the railing and just dying together with this lunatic.
But she couldn't do that; she had to live well.
Polly Sutton and Victor Parker were downstairs walking their child, and Emma rarely made an international call to curse someone out; usually it was Polly and Emma cursing Victor, but now Emma too had been driven mad.
"You knew he was insane, not just today."
"I just didn't realize that besides being insane, he's also annoying. Why does he talk so much? Can he suffocate if he doesn't talk? And, is Victor Parker a fascist or a ruthless boss? Why does Andrew Lindsey have to care for him like he's a king?"
Polly Sutton felt like her ears were going to be deafened by the yelling, but didn't know Victor Parker was involved too.
