Hell's Corner
“that morning and asked to see her. Stone and Chapman arrived at the modest two-story house in Centreville, Virginia, early in the afternoon. Alice Gross certainly looked like a woman who’d just lost her husband. Her skin was naturally pale but with a gray pallor lurking just below the surface. Her eyes were red, her hair in disarray. She held a crumpled tissue in one hand and a bottle of water in the other as she led them into her small living room.
Stone saw a coloring book on the coffee t...able, a baseball bat and some cleats in one corner. When his gaze lighted on a photo of the Gross family showing the dead agent with his wife and four kids ranging in age from three to fourteen, Stone grimaced and quickly looked away. He glanced at Chapman and saw that she’d had the same reaction.
They sat on the couch while Alice Gross took a chair opposite.
Stone said, “Your husband was a terrific agent, Mrs. Gross. We all feel his loss.”MoreLess
Stone saw a coloring book on the coffee t...able, a baseball bat and some cleats in one corner. When his gaze lighted on a photo of the Gross family showing the dead agent with his wife and four kids ranging in age from three to fourteen, Stone grimaced and quickly looked away. He glanced at Chapman and saw that she’d had the same reaction.
They sat on the couch while Alice Gross took a chair opposite.
Stone said, “Your husband was a terrific agent, Mrs. Gross. We all feel his loss.”MoreLess
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