They were icy, but she did not withdraw them.
For an instant they looked into each other's eyes, an instant, and then they understood.

They were partners in crime, amateurs perhaps, but partners as they had been in honesty.
It was a new idea that she had suggested to him.

Why should he not act on it?
Why hesitate?
Why stop at it?
He was already an embezzler.

Why not add a new crime to the list?
As he looked into her eyes he felt a new strength.

Together they could do it.