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#CBStrike #THM Chpt.30
How #Ellacott is handling this burger with albie is impressive
i agree that he knows more than he's telling #Robin

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Chpt. 23 'the flimsy barricade Charlotte had erected...'
wha...?
As I've read this series, I believed it was Charlotte who fed & sustained the majority of the negative press against #Strike
Charlotte had #Strike and #Ellacott cased

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the way #Ellacott is doing rFm at this historic pub near the thames like #Strike did all his gf is

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#Strike to #Ellacott "She knew exactly what she was saying. She'd said it all to me before, sober." pg.113

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this debrief w/#Strike&Ellacott at the PoW pub really highlights their toxic & problematic ways in how they treat each other. #Strike is manipulative & #Ellacott is a liar
Amongst other things...
The dysfunctions in their relationship is hard to understand at this point

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ok #1 - that's False If #Robin was sick w/flu she would contact #Strike herself uhm but what's Falser is #Strike's delusional attitude thought hope wish dream that he & #Ellacott were just going to do 1 of their old road trips 2interview a prospective client LIKE NOTHING HAP

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why is it "insulting and infuriating" that she would think #Strike would think she #Ellacott would prioritize raising a child over her job? unless it's so obvious 2her that she would only do that with him first & WHY is she still w/Matthew 2.0 & WHY even though it was awful

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How are #Strike's feelings getting deeper & more complex for #Ellacott w/out a word being heard? not even a fond here or an unalloyed there?
And

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When #Strike said to #Ellacott,
"Get Some Rest. Eat Some Food. And Calm the PHuck down"
I felt that
deeply - a mant*ra if you will something, I can say to myself that will always make me laugh

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#Robins parents staying @ her flat after her return from Chapman Farm #Ellacott may be having delayed teen aged rebellion She's dating the good* guy while Nlove w/the bad boy as she's investigated by the police for CA after living on a commune for 4 months would B a lot for any parent

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I could imagine that #Ellacott likes to be able to hear the elevator doors from inside her place

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Does #Robin's Family even kNoW she's a PARTNER at #Strike and #Ellacott detective agency?
Has anyone in her Family outwardly to her face recognized her life and accomplishments other than being scared & annoyed?

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Neither of them seem ready for what they want
The defensiveness combativeness the competitions the aggressive passive aggressiveness bossiness bitchiness the misunderstandings & the sadness
#Strike vs. #Ellacott of ''why aren't you choosing me?'

#CBStrike #CareerofEvil
imo #Ellacott seems very bored angry & bothered. this is the book where I began to wonder what her true feelings for #Strike? perhaps my projections but I identify with her overall disgust impatience rage self righteousness arrogance insecurity the battle to change

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#Strike is 100% buying #Ellacott a horse
It's England plus now he's going to be the one with the mercedes/swimming pool and room for a .....

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Chpt.10 #Strike&Ellacott testing her undercover persona sounds good but feels like r*leplayi*ng. I'm conflicted feeling #Strike wants 2know #Ellacott can handle the a*use he suffered/there's always a part of wp that believe they can control the horrors of their own disassociation?

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Chpt.9 Prudence & #Ellacott go upstairs to try on clothes.
Prudence tells #Robin she's be dying to meet her bc she's clearly the most important person in #Strikes life
#Robin

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Chpt.9 #Ellacott & Murphy saw, The Father (is this more than superficial foretelling)
#Strike picks up #Ellacott at the station to go to Prudence's
#Strike sees her hair for the 1st time
Their contactor Dev has located Shanker's man
I wonder what level of anxiety we are all at

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Typically, having a work partner ask about emails at a social function is obnoxious but not for these two
seems to be a love language
My guess for #Ellacott are acts of service & words of affirmation
My guess for #Strike are acts of service & physical touch

#CBStrike
I think it’s vo*erism role playing (works well with his career)
maybe a switch? maybe Kinbaku/Shibari? pain
imo #Ellacott slightly different but compatible? Every #Strike is physical it hurts her but she doesn’t say
Ab**e/terr**ism/tra*m* effects effects everything especially se***ity

#CBStike
I think
#Strike or Lucy could be in 1 of the polaroid pictures.
#Strike was sa and/or b**ten at Arylemen center
He may even be a father from that time - maybe the fit green eyed guy on the corner -it’s a stretch
Bouji’s baby is #Strike & #Ellacott is having Murphy’s
Murphy is crooked