58 “She’s a work colleague,” I said, with as steady a voice as I could muster. ”I’ve mentioned her before. Why do you ask?” “She’s rather attractive, isn’t she?” “I suppose she is,” I agreed, in a manner that suggested I hadn’t noticed, and wasn’t at all interested in that sort of thing. “Anyway, how do you know about her?” (What I really meant was, what exactly do you know about the two of us?) “She’s one of your f*******: friends,” she said. I breathed a sigh of relief. Sandra, being so much younger than me, had been on f*******: for as long as I could remember, and she knew all about the wretched thing. Anyway, thankfully, having Kimberly as a f*******: friend didn’t seem to arouse her suspicions. Although it should have. My activities on social websites soon brought me a number

