It was an uncomfortable couple of hours with the parents of the Alcesters in the mortuary, and Alec was glad to finally make his way home. He was too tired to fulfill his tentative arrangement with Lew.
An unfamiliar motor vehicle was parked in his driveway when he eventually pulled in, in the gathering dusk.
The door opened as he approached, and Grant got out. Alec wound down the window and looked at him enquiringly.
“Alec. We need to talk.”
“Let me put her in the garage,” Alec said as he patted the steering wheel. “And we’ll go inside. Everything all right?”
“I’ll let you decide.” Grant’s mouth twisted.
It was the work of a few moments to ease the little car through the open doors of the garage and shut her off. Alec came out and pushed the doors closed without securing the padlock
