CHAPTER 21
For a few precious moments when Emilia first woke she forgot what had happened the night before. She stretched and then sat up, frowning as she realised she was still dressed in the clothes she’d been wearing the previous day. And then everything came crashing down in a giant wave – David was dead. Not just dead, but murdered. And she hadn’t been able to do anything to prevent it.
She staggered to the bathroom and looked at her reflection in the mirror. Her eyes were swollen and dull. There were black tracks down her cheeks where her mascara had run and her face was blotchy. It wasn’t a pretty sight, but she didn’t care. Listlessly, she climbed into the shower and let the boiling hot water beat down on her.
There was something strange about David’s death, some reason
