Chapter 15: Safely Tucked AwayNeither in the shower nor over a cup of fennel tea did the disturbing images of Simon’s dream return. All that lingered was a sense of exhaustion and feeling oddly out of place, as though being jetlagged.
The depressing January drizzle did nothing to refresh Simon’s senses. On the contrary, the dampness had crept into the car overnight and fogged up the windows all the way to Soho despite the warmth radiating out of the A/C.
The firm Thripshaw and Trenton—Civil Law Notaries was on the second storey of a massive Edwardian building that towered over Regent Street. Modern shops dominated the ground floor, while the upstairs seemed to house offices exclusively. Parking was a nightmare. Simon cruised along tiny side alleys for almost a quarter of an hour before h
