“I am,” she protested, “until someone upsets me.”
The two men looked at each other, that qualifying statement made it plausible, so they nodded.
At nine twenty, the three of them got out of the taxi by Ross’ car.
“All right, you both saw our house back there fifty metres when we passed it in the taxi, eh? Good. Now, I’m going to phone him, with this bush as a backdrop. Ready?
“Hello, love, am I disturbing you? … Good… Me? I’m just outside. I thought you might be in our garden too, so I rang you. You are? Must be telepathy because we are so close.” She looked at Craig and smiled broadly, she wasn’t sure how much he understood. “OK, darling, it’s bedtime, I’d better be going now, goodnight.”
“He’s in the garden drinking whiskey, but I want to check whether he’s alone. You two watch the
