The Lady doth protest too much!

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For those of you who think the quote is, "methinks the lady doth protest too much" you are wrong. The quote is simply "The lady doth protest too much" but since my step brother is more of a (I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with witch) than I am, I find this title for my discussion fitting. He had his first date in like 3 years last night and even though he is my brother and not one of my kids I couldn't help but wait up for him to make sure he got home safely. About 1:45 AM he literally floated into the kitchen wearing a grin bigger than the cat who ate the canary. I just shook my head and smiled. He asked if his "friend" could come in so they could "talk for a while and I gave him my best disapproving look because he knows how I feel about anyone but me getting busy in my house but allowed his friend to stay for a while. When I got up this morning my step brother was passed out on my couch, his shirt was on the floor laying next to his belt and he was still wearing a smile on his face while he was snoring away. I woke him up and gave him another one of "those looks" and he immediately bursts out with, NOTHING HAPPENED, I swear we were just talking. He left at like 5, we just talked and talked and talked, I swear nothing happened. I picked the shirt up off the floor and gave it a whiff and said, "funny, I didn't know talking could transfer cologne to clothes from a distance." His face turned beat red and he knew he was busted. What do you think when someone denies and denies and denies having done something? Do you think the more they deny it the more likely it is they have done it? Do you pick on them about it until they cave in or do you give up and let them think you believe their innocence?