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The Cuckoo's Calling
Part Four - 14
‘Oh no, he wouldn’t have done that.’ She seemed to find this a strange suggestion. ‘I wanted her to be mine, just mine, you see. Alec would have wanted to protect me, if he knew anything. I could not have borne the idea that somebody out there might come and claim her one day. I had already lost Charlie, and I wanted a daughter so badly; the idea of losing her, too…’
The nurse returned bearing a tray with two cups on it and a plate of chocolate bourbons.
‘One coffee,’ she said cheerfully, placing it beside Strike on the nearer of the bedside tables, ‘and one camomile tea.’