‘That’s wonderful, Charlie, but perhaps Martha would like to come and play with the grownups now and leave you boys to play like boys?’ Martha looked around over her shoulder and saw Peter standing there in the door. He winked at her. ‘Play?’ she said feeling confused. What did he mean play? Yes, she was aroused but suddenly not so much. Were they doing that in the kitchen on purpose so she could hear and now they wanted her to join in? ‘Yes, play. I have brought a bottle back of something strong. One of the chaps from work gave it to me, thought it would be a nice way to welcome you to our home.’ He looked extremely tall from a sitting down position and really quite dashing in his work gear. She decided that Mae was very lucky, and she was happy for her friend to have everything she

