After saying that, Stella Sterling ignored him and turned to the dark, skinny boy to start asking him questions.
But her words plunged Andrew Shaw's heart into turmoil.
Her comment about him being "very lucky" had seemed to come out of nowhere, but he knew exactly what she meant.
She was telling him that she knew what had just been going through his mind.
'But since I didn't actually do anything, she's letting me off the hook this one time.'
When she said he was lucky, she was also telling him that if he had actually made a move, she would have already sent him to his grave.
He wouldn't have had the chance to be standing here, talking with her.
'That must be the true meaning behind her telling me I was lucky.'
Andrew Shaw broke out in a cold sweat, his mind going blank for a moment.
He was terrified, but also a little relieved.
He knew she had truly sensed his earlier intentions. He didn't know how she'd done it—he'd been so careful—but she had found out anyway.
