Inscrutable

Dusk filtered in through the window of Minister McGinley's study, deepening the room's shadows. The outside world was losing its colour and becoming less distinct in the failing evening light and soon night would fall, and outside would become blind, a black void guarded from inside the house by a pair of parted curtains.
McGinley stood beside his desk, his one hand toying with the drawer handle. His face was blank; there was no telling what his next move would be.
Mickey O'Donohue rose and stepped towards the Minister. If he could, slowly, gently, remove the gun from the drawer...