Chapter 27I sleep fitfully then wake late to find that Patricia has left for work without calling me. This is the first time since we moved in together that we haven't spoken in the morning and I'm bereft. I rush around like a mad thing, then drive too fast to work and arrive there just in time for the office to be open to the public. The two policemen who are working for me this month are at their desks and they've already begun to deal with the morning's workload. I assume they can tell that I'm out of sorts as they barely glance up, but instead, work on in silence. One of them makes me a cup of strong, black coffee, which he places on my desk. I nod my thanks, and manage to take just one sip from the cup, before Aidan and Siobhan walk through the open office door in a very agitated stat
