Chapter Forty-One
“Jesus Christ,” Ash said into the phone. “I’m so sorry, Gloria.” She loved her mother, but sometimes, like all daughters, she could just strangle her. “I had no idea she was going to summon you.”
“It’s all right. It had to happen sometime.”
“Yeah, but not like that.”
“We both live in Murraywood. I had to see her sooner rather than later.”
Ash was trying to figure out how Gloria sounded. She couldn’t really tell over the phone. What they really needed was to see each other, to look each other in the eye, and have a proper conversation about everything that had happened since Sunday.
“Is there any way I can see you this week?” Ash asked. “I’ll hop on the train whenever you want me to.”
“I was thinking about making a quick trip to London.”
Ash’s heart did a silly dan
