There was a knock at the door a couple of minutes before eight. Sam answered it, and sure enough it was Billy.
“Hi, Simon,” Billy said when he’d been released from Sam’s hug.
“Nice to see you, Purple Sapphire.” I grinned.
“Did you like our little radio show?”
“Anyone listening in wouldn’t be able to guess what you were talking about, that’s for sure.”
They had left their Trivial Pursuit game at our house, so we decided to have a round of that. At first the boys wanted to pit their wits against me, but I told them that was unfair, so we played as individuals.
Just after ten the phone rang. As it could only be Mark the boys got up and went into the kitchen to give me more privacy.
After our initial greetings, I asked, “Are you enjoying it?”
“Yeah, it’s really interesting. They’re w
