Chapter Twenty Six
I woke up some time after 9am. I called for Jackie, but she wasn’t there. When I called her phone, it went to voicemail. I didn’t want to sit around and dwell on what happened. I went into autopilot, actively busy without consciously registering. I had a shower, changed clothes, ate some cereal and got into the car.
Why didn’t I protect her?
I drove to the industrial park on the outskirts of the city and parked beside Homebase. Memories of last night on a loop in my mind. There was no judgement. I didn’t agonise over it like I had with other experiences. It was too big to bite off in one chunk, my mind was processing it in bitesize pieces.
I packed the shopping basket with random items. As I did so, I began to think back to Ollie. There was a gap in my memory after w
