David needed to stay alert, but having access to a fully stocked bar was a temptation he found impossible to resist. He allowed himself a couple of black spiced rums and Pepsi Max. The first drink went straight to his head. He decided that was a good thing. ‘We have to be willing to take these little pleasures when they’re offered to us,’ he told Sanjay, Ruth, and Noah. ‘It’s important.’
‘I completely agree,’ said Noah, who was also comfortably drunk. He’d already indulged of his favourite tipple while no one else was looking.
‘You both need to take it easy,’ Sanjay warned. ‘The last thing we need tonight is a full-scale piss-up.’
‘Two drinks hardly constitutes a piss-up,’ David said. ‘We’ll save the celebrations for when we get to Ledsey Cross.’
The mention of Ledsey Cross temporarily
