Chapter 33: WarrickI carried Nicolae’s body down to my car, then returned to Eira’s little kitchen and put the kettle on. With that done, I found a bucket and a mop, filled the bucket with water from the kitchen sink, and climbed the stairs to her bedroom.
She sat on the bed, staring from the window to the floor to me. I set down the bucket and mop, wrapped a blanket around her shoulders, and then cleaned up the blood on the floor as best I could.
“I…I can’t sleep here.”
“I’ll take you home with me.”
“Ride in the car with that…that…thing in it? No!”
“In that case, I’ll come back for you.”
She nodded reluctantly.
“Get dressed. I’ll have a cup of tea waiting for you in the kitchen.” I left her stepping gingerly around the wet spots on the rag rug that ran beside her bed to get her clo
