In the end, Bonnie decided to skip out of dinner and whatever Christmas Land considered clubbing and have a quiet night. She cleaned and tidied Mervin’s flat—even though she knew she had to start referring to it as her flat—made up Debbie’s bed with fresh sheets from an airing cupboard, then began the arduous task of getting the place organised.
She decided to leave the attic grotto until the morning. Luckily, Mervin had kept everything personal in the one place, so the downstairs area just needed a sort and a clean. It appeared he had died several months before the letter arrived, and the house had been left untouched. Everything fresh was now long gone off, both in the flat’s cupboards and those in the café downstairs. She was lucky to find a roll of bin liners in a drawer next to the s
