"What am I doing? Are you kidding? He was beat--" And about that point, Virgil realized that Brody was naked still, Carrie was not and was up and moving around on her own even though she looked like hell, and that Brody had a gun. That was about the same moment that Carrie realized Brody had a gun.

She made sure she was blocking the door completely, her slender frame the only thing between her colleagues and the man they thought was attacking her. Her lover. "Jesus, Virgil, your sex life must be pretty boring if you can't tell the difference between a little rough and assault."