78 THE RBT FILE

Silence crawled in-between them for a while, and Eric was not interested in pushing it off. He was calm and observant in a way Jane do not like.

"How long have you been standing there? I never noticed and—" 

"Not too long, Jane." He replied.

"Did you see anything? I mean anything between me and my business partner?"

Eric knew the angle she was pitching her tent.

He stared at her for a while but refused to say a word. 

He studied a little bit of psychology, and now he wants to know how his silence would make Jane nervous. Eric knew she knew the answer to her question already, but why was she asking?

Suddenly, Eric noticed her body reacting, she was fast becoming uncomfortable, and anger started piling up the inside of her like bees in their hives busy making honey.