Nobody slept that night; they were all sat in the living room as if that would make a difference if they were attacked, and Jonas had his phone on the coffee table between them in case Francesca rang as if they would be able to do anything at all to help her if she told them she was in trouble.
As soon as the sun was up and they knew they were safe they left for the airport to catch the flight. Elizabeth felt strange closing up the house wondering whether she would ever go back there again. She didn’t know what would happen to the place if they didn’t ever return, or if it was left empty for years, but they hadn’t had time to think about that and it wasn’t like it would have been subtle to list the place for sale if anyone was trying to track them.
They locked up Sawyer’s old car in the
