"Of course," he snapped, losing patience, "the fun part comes along when you realise that the word of an FBI agent stands up a hell of a lot better than the word of some girl who probably doesn't legally exist here. I don't have to say what I think happened."
And that was the savage part of him, the part he didn't let come out often. Normally it only reared its head when he dealt with cases involving children, but this -- she pushed the wrong buttons.