I love how Mairbel is such an accurate reflection of Steve's moods - ie she can so easily read him and adjust her handling of the situation based on his moods.

And in case you're wondering what Steve is so concerned about I direct you to This page. I don't think, with all that's happened he was ever told whether they exonerated him for that "hostage" thing.

So he's trusting that Maribel can handle a talk with the cops (BTW she doesn't like cops... ironic hmmm?).

Told you things were going to accelerate... rising action and all! LOL! Not too much more to this chapter and then we can move into even more dire circumstances...