FORTY
Later, Chaise returned to his flat to discover Harper’s men had visited and cleaned everything, leaving no trace of Marianne or any evidence of the appalling things the Lithuanians had done. He stood and stared at the sanitised interior, knowing if he tried hard enough he could stir up the memories, but he didn’t want to try so hard; he wanted to keep the hate buried for now, the burning rage.
He quickly gathered together a change of clothes and went to Colin’s hotel, aware of time pressing; Vlad’s compatriots would arrive soon with murder uppermost in their thoughts.
Colin met him in the hotel foyer and took him through to the quiet bar, background music playing softly to fill in the silences. Chaise was in no mood for talking and he sat and sipped at his drink whilst Colin stare
