She had a few words with him, and then went inside. Charlie was in the kitchen, finishing his breakfast. It looked to Jill as if he’d had a full English. She hadn’t been able to face a thing. ‘He’s given her some sedatives,’ he explained between mouthfuls. ‘She’s not good,’ he added in a whisper, ‘but at least the doctor’s persuaded her to go to bed. I expect she’ll sleep now.’ ‘Let’s hope so.’ When he’d finished his breakfast and put the plate in the dishwasher, he moved restlessly from one corner of the room to another. As he did so, he picked up items of Nikki’s – a magazine that had been on top of the microwave, a bottle of black nail varnish, a long, black scarf – and put them in a pile. ‘I’ll get rid of these while Louise is out of the way,’ he said, speaking in a whisper. Jill suspected that Louise wouldn’t want anything belonging to Nikki getting rid of, but it wasn’t her place to argue.
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