Tomiwa remembered the way Spongebob Squarepants eyes in the cartoon, which Emma liked to watch so much, popped out whenever he saw something of shock or surprise, and she could imagine that her eyes looked exactly like those of that comic character right now. The absurdity of the comparison would have made her smile under normal circumstances, but not at the moment.

No, not when she couldn’t believe her eyes when the impeccably dressed man in front of her turned to her with that ridiculous half-smile of his. Belatedly, she remembered that Samantha had been jumping up and down to her left as she tried to warn her. The oh-so-late...