continued from this ask with @byheaven's PENNY.
HE IS FROZEN IN PLACE, knowing that she is holding solid evidence right in her hand - a headline that he's already seen, their group laughing over it at the safe house. none of the images would display him clearly, but his disappearance lines up so perfectly with the time frame. she was TOO SMART FOR HER OWN GOOD, that much was certain. her ability to be able to link this crime to him after a short read; questioning him about it in the open - he could have so easily told her that she had the wrong man, she was being UNREASONABLE - but what good would that do?
❝ you would not believe me if i said otherwise - and so, … so what if it was? maybe it was me, maybe it wasn't. are you some kind of detective now? ❞ his voice remains hushed, but the defensive tone that he takes up is as good as an admission of guilt. ❝ some things are just business. ❞









