Catch the Fallen Sparrow (27 page)

He nodded then gave a huge yawn, stretching his arms above his head. ‘Want a drink?'

She shook her head. ‘You', she said laughing, ‘should get back home to your wife.'

He looked at her curiously. ‘What about you?'

She shuffled the sheaf of papers tidy and flipped an elastic band around them. ‘First of all,' she said, ‘I'm going to finish this case and watch it through the courts, see her sentenced. Then ... then I think I'm going to take a holiday.' Now she stretched and yawned too. ‘After I've had a long, hot bath.'

‘Then what?'

She stood up. ‘Who knows?'

Eloise sat between her parents on the flight home. She glanced from one to the other and seemed satisfied with what she saw. Then she slipped her small hand into her father's. ‘Home,' she said and gave a happy smile.