It was his opinion that that delusional lady did not lie to him about Joanna's direction, as she was highly likely to consider his words were not an empty threat. Yet she still dared to test the water, choosing to give an answer that was not far from the fact that she had seen, which she thought would create a ripple of misunderstanding and conflict in his relationship with his wife.
"How could Captain Zilberman be with you?" Joanna heard Canillas ask when she was still bewildered by the answer that was given by Clara de Lorn to her husband.
As the man before her folded his one arm to use it as an additional pillow for his head to lay on, Joanna answered, "Marvin said he saw a suspicious woman, and he tailed me when he found me walking out of the powder room to follow that woman."