Mandy insisted she was okay for the press conference, Spotty was waiting to get going. She detected a look of youthful yearning in his eyes, probably in his loins too, and remembered Jack saying what he was like when he was a youth, and how he felt about older women, except he insisted he didn’t have spots. The Commander looked back, concerned, she’d not noticed they had gone in. She put one foot in front of the other.
‘There will be a statement from Commander Manners, we will then take some questions,’ Spotty turned to Mandy to seek a look of approval and mutual s****l attraction. She nodded and Spotty beamed. I bet he thinks he’s in there she thought; God save me from men and spotty kids.
The Commander started, ‘At the last briefing, Inspector Austin reported the investigation was proc
