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Vikram Bhaskar’s sleep was troubled, not that he really thought of it as sleep; his eyes were closed but he didn’t think he actually drifted off at any point. Nonetheless, he was startled into full wakefulness when he heard noises; he wasn’t sure what the source of the noises was, but they set his heart to racing, and his first instinct was to call the police.
He quickly squashed that thought, realising that it was just panic resulting from what had happened to his wife and mother. There was no point in calling the police until he was sure of what was going on.
He threw back the blanket he was using to keep himself warm and got up from the sofa - he hadn’t been able to face the bed without his wife next to him. When he reached the window, he pulled back the curtains so he could look
