Chapter Five
Training Ella
Alain was buried in work, gone for most of the next forty-eight hours. Meredith only saw him in the dead of night. He arrived home at three am, gave her a tender kiss and fell into a deep sleep until the phone rang – his wake-up call – at six thirty.
“So, soon?” Meri stretched in bed as she watched her husband move quickly to his feet.
“’Fraid so.”
He hopped in the shower, shaved quickly and was getting dressed just as Meri was finally getting out of bed.
“When is this going to end?” she asked as she watched him step into his trousers. “I mean you have to sleep longer than three measly hours.”
“I’m taking catnaps at the station.”
“But that’s not enough.”
“I’m sure it’s not. But this is just one of those times…”
“One of those times when what? What is goi
