The hand that wasn't smoking went down to lightly grasp Dolemeck's offered one.

"Broderick Lees. Uh, Brody."

Brody spared a look around the inside of the Mansion, then looked back sheepishly.

"I don't mean to be rude, but uh, I just keep expecting a Kubrick movie to break out behind you. This place is bigger than the neighborhood I used to live in."