Chapter 31
Isobel and Adam had returned home without a care in the world, happy to be together, unencumbered by doubts, but now the dark cloud had descended again.
The discussion continued over two bottles of wine until nearly midnight. Just before going up to bed there was a ring on the door bell, startling them all. It was followed by a longer ring a few seconds later.
The lights were on both in the kitchen, and upstairs so there seemed little point pretending they were either out or asleep. And, as Adam doubted gangsters rang doorbells surely they would just kick them in, he decided to answer the door. But not until he had slipped an exceptionally sharp and wickedly pointed filleting knife, in its sheath, down the back of his jeans.
Opening the door he was mightily relieved to see R
