As soon as they were inside the flat, Nick went to his room and closed the door. Dawn didn’t know what to do. She wanted to talk to him, but she didn’t think Nick would want to speak to her. And if he did, she was half afraid of what he’d say. Answering the inspector’s questions — You didn’t see anything? — she was sure Nick had lied but didn’t know why. As for the outburst about his father, well, it shouldn’t have surprised her that after she’d given him the photos and everything, his dad should be on Nick’s mind. But for him to come out with that the way he did, then and there, it made her realise how much she underestimated what it would make him feel. How angry. *** Nick sat on his bed. An old CD by Aphex Twin was playing on the stereo. When Scott had first started going with Laura, he’d started listening to all that spacey, ambient kind of stuff, but unlike Laura it had proved a bit of a five minute wonder and Nick had reaped the rewards.
