Starburst by Robin Pilcher

Author:Robin Pilcher [Pilcher, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2007-08-07T07:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SEVEN

Albert Dessuin sat slumped forward on the chair in his bedroom, his throbbing head cradled in shaking hands, trying desperately to trawl through his befuddled thoughts for some recollection of what had taken place the previous night. Coming round from his alcoholic stupor, he had found himself on the floor of Angélique’s bedroom, but his memory of the events that had led him to being there had been completely wiped out. Evidence only showed that Angélique’s bed linen was rumpled, but not slept in, and the bottle of whisky he must have consumed was in two pieces in the wastepaper basket in his own room.

He tried to convince himself that nothing untoward had happened. He always drank in private—he had never allowed Angélique to see him in an inebriated state—so maybe he had come into her room last night just to check on her, and found she wasn’t there. But if that was the case, where was she now? No, it was more likely he had only been lying there for an hour or two and that Angélique had risen early from her bed and had left the room before he had come in. But then that didn’t add up either. She had not slept in her bed—unless she had made it up herself. And why would she do that in a hotel?

He got to his feet and moved slowly across the room to the bathroom, clutching his arms around his shivering body. A cold shower was what he needed. It always helped to clear his head.

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