He found me in the study on a Thursday evening.I had gone in there for a book, genuinely, which was the kind of detail that felt important to establish because nothing about what followed was something I had planned or walked toward deliberately. I was looking for a book. That was all. Loise was in the bath down the hall, I could hear her conducting what sounded like a full naval battle involving her rubber duck and the cold tap, and I had maybe ten minutes before she called for me.Fletcher came in and closed the door.He stood with his back against it and looked at me across the room with the expression he had been wearing for the past tw
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