Chapter Nine Jo regaled me with her plans for the café -- it was to remain a café during the day but she knew a young, talented, local chef who was looking for his own restaurant, so she had come up with the idea of installing some clever lighting and decoration that allowed the café to be turned into a cosy and intimate restaurant in the evenings. The chef got his first restaurant at a reasonable rent while Jo got extra income from the premises without having to work longer hours -- genius! After we’d eaten we wandered back to Jo’s place via a local pub where we had a few drinks and by the time we got in through the front door I was shattered from the long day and the drive down. I had been looking forward to making love with Jo all week but I fell into bed and by the time she emerged

