To say that L was lonely was an understatement. To say that he was sad was a worse one. To say that he was utterly beside himself with hopelessness and fatigue for life might have been the biggest understatement of them all, because some things went beyond words.
He'd been happy with Laura. He'd been blissful with Jenny... and now, suddenly, he had neither of them. He was a man who didn't drink, alone in a liquor store with sad reminders of his lover and his soulmate.
It had taken a long time, but L had managed to start a fire. He was currently sitting on the floor in the liquor store burning the photograph of Shadow and Robbie. He watched the infant flames on the floor with interest and abandon. He was completely unaware of Merope, so lost in his own thoughts. He thought that he was alone, and made no effort to extinguish the fire.