Phil swallowed hard, absolutely despising Christopher Dean, because she was just handing him Phil's deepest, darkest fantasy: complete control over Jayne Torvill and her pleasure. But he had to see. He had to **know**.
Karen Barber had never been afraid of Jayne Torvill, not once in thirty-odd years, but in that instant, she saw just how dangerous the other woman was when she was protecting what was hers. And Christopher Dean was hers. In every possible way.
"You've never kissed me." "That's true. I haven't." (or: four minutes and eight months in the life of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean)
"Always causing trouble, aren't you, Miss Fisher?" "Well, of course, Jack. You'd get bored otherwise."
He waited until nearly 7:30 to allow for any last-minute murders, robberies, or goat-stealing to occur before calling it a day.