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I took a step forward "Hey," I said softly "What’s wrong?"

"Did you know that when oes away, he always leaves me a present? He didn’t this time He didn’tthe last tiloves They were black cash locks" She looked down again, shoving her hands in her pockets "I wish I had them now"

Five minutes later, they opened the door There was ice inThough really, I guess she’d never started

BACK AT GREYSTONE, WE BYPASSED THE SECURITY CHECKS by the si them to fuck off, and rode the elevator back to our room Holmes had that sort of deliberate silence around her thatTenunder an avalanche of blankets

"I didn’t get to eat any lunch" It was the sort of deliberately stupid comment I’d make to draw her out of herself It also happened to be true "I sort of wanted an oyster"

"We’ll go," she proet a sandwich from Milo’s penthouse He keeps a spread in there, usually"

"No one will snipe et in there?"

"No one will snipe you," she said "Where’s your phone?"

"I left it here Why?"

"We went to meet a Moriarty and you left your phone at home? What if ere separated?"

"We weren’t separated," I said irritably I really was hungry "I still don’t have anything to tellht down onto the floor After a quick once-over, she hauled a book out of one of the stacks beside her

There it was, that familiar mix of dread and anticipation I always felt when she toldled sheets I had a text frorammed in as FRENCH LOVE INTEREST Siet coffee this afternoon? I’d love to talk s

I swore Down belowher book on her knees She ht, but how, I couldn’t i, she was starfished out in the same position she’d been in when she fell asleep Still, she’d ed to send Marie-Helene the world’s le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>