Dan was growing increasingly impatient as he gave his wife a knowing look. He knew that by asking their visitor to take a seat, Penny would receive all the approval she needed and wanted in order to continue with her sordid plan. That's what it was. He hadn't got to where he was in life without being suspicious and right now, he was highly suspicious of his wife. It was one thing to be late and miss date night, but it was another to prolong their evening at work, especially when it highly likely to end in them having one of their most promising employees being taken away by security and the police.<br/><br/>He watched Penny as she began to speak with Katherine. He was somewhat bemused by the whole situation. It had been him that had pushed for Katherine to be offered the job, and he had already been feeling guilty from the moment Penny had informed him of what had been going on. But this, even for Penny this was a longshot. He remained quiet, simply watching both women as firstly Penny let Miss O'Rourke what was going to happen, and then more importantly, he watched Katherine, trying to sense any weakness in her resolve, trying to figure out what she was thinking.<br/><br/>He saw the look Katie offered him, the look of guilt plastered all over her face. He remained straight faced, more than anyone within the company, she had let him down the most. He had really gone into bat for her, and he wasn't happy with how she had repaid his faith in her.<br/><br/>He said nothing, not yet. Penny was in full control right now and there was no need for him to disrupt her flow or rhythm, especially as it was now down to Katie herself. Penny had packed her things up in her bag, showing that she was ready to go home now. The tension in the room was certainly building and whilst he had thought it was a silly idea, one that could and would never happen, but Katie hadn't rejected the contract immediately, she was actually considering it, even if she hadn't actually spoken yet.<br/><br/>As time passed, the more and more he began to think that this might actually work. His heart rate began to rise and then the knock at the door came.<br/><br/><strong><em>Knock, Knock, Knock...</em></strong><br/><br/>Immediately she stood up and his straight faced expression was immediately replaced by the slightest hints of a smile. He knew where this was going now. He was ready for what was coming next.<br/><br/><em>"I-I'll do it. I agree. Yes.......... Please, I'll sign."</em><br/><br/>The smirk on his face was there now, clearly visible. He gave Penny the briefest of looks before he stood up, no longer sitting on the edge of the desk. He took a step towards Katie, and placed his hand upon her shoulder, forcefully pushing her back into the chair, before he continued to walk towards the door. He straightened himself up and stretched his neck one side to the other before he opened the door.<br/><br/>''Frank... Detective Arnold. We no longer require your assistance, we have managed to deal with the situation ourselves. Thanks for your swift response however. Yep have a good night''.<br/><br/>He closed the door shut. Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out the keys, locking the door before he turned around, standing with his back to the door, looking down over Katie who was sat back in the chair, Penny in front of her.<br/><br/>He got Penny's attention and then nodded, giving her the approval she needed to do whatever she had planned next, oh how he hoped she knew what she was going to do next.