Harry was uncertain about how he would be greeted when he arrived back at his digs, but he never imagined it would be quite as bad as it turned out.
Sheila completely ignored him and Mrs M, although ignorant of the cause of the break-up, backed her up faithfully until Harry handed over his week’s rent, with the promise of more to come.
‘Whatever did you do to upset the poor girl?’ she demanded, melting at the sight of the money.
Swearing her to secrecy, he revealed that he had been offered the opportunity to act as an undercover agent by Sergeant Matthews to infiltrate a PR company to help him solve the mystery about her debts, amongst other things, careful not to specify what those “other things” might be.
‘Only, if anyone asks for me, you must remember that in future my name is Tom S
