Helen let us in.
“We’re not interrupting anything are we?” I asked.
“No, no. Come on through,” she said, leading the way. “We were just watching the evening news. Do you want a cuppa?”
“No thanks,” Mark answered for both of us.
The Bates only had instant coffee and I’d gotten Mark to appreciate real coffee.
Paul switched off the TV with the remote and stood to greet us. “If you’re after Sam he’s just upstairs finishing his homework.”
“No, it’s you we want to see.” Mark said. “Well, erm, we’d like you to do us a favour, well I suppose we’re doing you a favour, too…” He ground to a halt.
Paul looked confused. “Take a seat and start from the beginning,” he smiled.
“What my partner here is trying to say is that we’ve booked a week’s leave in August and were thinking about going awa
