TWENTY-FIVE
Buddy was snoozing when they got back to his place, so Strike gave him a kick and told him to watch her. Rora wasn’t really sure if that was meant to be for her protection, or if he meant lock all the doors and windows so she couldn’t get herself arrested again.
Rora didn’t mind the dig because any reminder that he shouldn’t f**k with her was ok in her book. That didn’t stop her from asking Strike half a dozen times if he was definitely going to come home to her. He assured her that he would, that he’d only be gone for an hour… or two.
Buddy went back to sleep and she didn’t begrudge him his nap. As long as Strike upheld his vow to come back to her, she had no desire to be arrested again.
Rora had been flicking through a newspaper for a few minutes when she noticed Buddy’s
