From the window of his office Deakins looked at Goren.
He hoped that this idiot would listen to what he had told him, and that for once he would be reasonable.
Because this would end badly, for all three of them.
He had been quite understanding and magnanimous with these two.
Deakins had been silent about the relationship between Goren and Eames.
He didn't tell the higher-ups.
But he knew that if they found out, all three of their little heads would roll.
So he had to keep Goren quiet for once.
But he knew in his heart that Goren would not listen to him.
He had seen how he was with Eames, and he understood that he was in love with him.
There were signs that could not be mistaken.
And despite the care Goren took, never leaving at the same times, he knew for a fact that this big idiot had not listened to anything he had said, and that on the contrary, he kept going to see Eames.
What the hell...
A genius who became a total idiot, all for a girl.
And not just any girl...
His own partner.
The one girl he should never have touched, or even looked at with his fried whiting eyes.
There were rules, and he had to follow them.
Even if he didn't like it.
The night he had caught the two of them in bed, he had lectured Goren all the way home, thinking that maybe it would make him realize what he was doing, and stop him.
On the contrary...
It was no use.
It was all in his head.
Deakins knew Goren far too well.
Goren forgot that he was very expressive, with his gestures, the features of his face.
And above all, he did not know how to lie and hide things.
Deakins could not do more than what he had done.
He could have tied him up, or even locked him up, ideas that had crossed his mind.
But the idiot would find a way to escape to see his sweetheart.
He knew that when Goren had something on his mind, he wouldn't let go.
Deakins had tried to talk to his wife, who knew Goren and Eames.
She had told him that they were young, and that it was better to stay out of it.
Because the more he would try to stop Goren, the more it would do the opposite, and he would rush even more to Eames.
Maybe his wife was right.
But he still had to watch.
For if the thing was discovered, they could say goodbye to their three heads.