After seeing Nick Fury off, Evenson immediately pulled the breaker, closed up shop, locked the door, and snuck into Klayya's little store next door.
What for? Heh! The timing lately had been terrible. The Eredar Twins were busy with their business, Klayya had gone back to her family home, and he had been abstaining for so long his eyes were nearly red. He had finally brought Klayya back today—how could he possibly waste such a perfect opportunity? If Nick Fury had not shown up uninvited and babbled at him for so long, he would have gone over much earlier.
But when he crept to the bedside, all he heard was snoring. One look told him Klayya was sleeping like the dead. It could not be helped. All of Kamar-Taj's properties in Europe were concentrated in the United Kingdom. There was nothing in Northern Europe, so they could only build Odin a house from scratch. After hauling bricks all day, how could she not be exhausted?
So after Klayya came back, she took a quick shower and went straight to bed. If Evenson had arrived a little earlier, he might have had a chance, but she was already sound asleep now.
Evenson felt like crying without tears. Damn Nick Fury. I should never have been so kind. I should have left you out on the street to freeze all night first!
But what could he do now? Sleep with her while she was unconscious? Would that even make him human? Who treated their own wife like that? That would be downright bestial! So Evenson could only make do by lying down beside Klayya and falling asleep.
Still, when Evenson opened the shop the next morning, he was in quite a good mood. If you got tired at night, you slept early.