"I realized finally what the problem was," I told Maree. "It wasn't him. It was my wife. She was treating him like a normal human being. Polite, giving him the benefit of the doubt, humoring him. She was a good person, just thinking about who he'd been when they'd been going out, charming and funny. But that was the past. When all this happened he wasn't a normal human being. He was something else. You can't be friends with a shark or a rabid dog, Maree. That's where you get into trouble. Andrew's a different kind of danger but that doesn't matter. Anyone who isn't good for you is as dangerous as Henry Loving." I"