Evie nods. "I won't leave until everyone's safely out. It's the least I can do for Jean-Claude." She'd already done so much for him, but there's clean-up. Bodies to destroy, for example, blood stains to do away with.

"Go to my flat- it's closer. No one will disturb you." She had a great bed with black-out curtains. "There's no need to disturb anyone riding the night bus that way." With the blood and general battle-worn ways.