”You can’t allow me to threaten you or you can’t allow me to get close enough to the killer that I might want to?”
( It was the latter, Graham knew that, but he was being difficult purposefully. If he couldn’t toy with Jack Crawford while in his state of distress, what could he do? It was mildly insulting that Jack didn’t just assume it was a joke. Jack’s opinion on Will Graham had changed drastically in the past few weeks and Graham didn’t know how that made him feel. Insulted? Perhaps. )
“Is not the first time I’ve been threatened.”
( The serious look in his face determined that he didn’t take anything as a joke when it was about his men. No matter who of them, starting with Miriam and ending with Will. )
“So don’t think yourself as a killer.”