The rest of the night and the following morning were a blur. Ellis cleared Bryn’s apartment of booze, and he packed all the pills in a bag that he took with him when he went home. He told himself he was being cautious, and then he told himself he was being f*****g nuts. After a lengthy mental debate, he settled on both.
He called Clark and explained what was going on, and Clark was good enough to sound surprised and supportive, even though Ellis would put money on Chance having called Clark as soon as they’d gotten off the phone. After Clark, Ellis called Miss Maggie and explained himself again. She was less enthusiastic.
“You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into, and you don’t have an easy way out.”
“I can always find a bus station, Mags.”
After four promises to text and call,
