“So you"re not going to help?”
“I never said that. Of course I want to help, but I"m not home now and I won"t get back until well after midnight. You can come over then.”
Tom shook his head. “That"s not much use. I need to be up about five, but thanks all the same.”
“Will you be back tomorrow to sort things out?”
“Not possible, I"m afraid. I"ve been assigned to a new story and I"m likely to be in Scotland for two days at least. I"ll try to call Anne tomorrow to smooth things out, but I don"t think it"s going to be easy. She told me to pack my case and get out and said she doesn"t want me back.”
Arthur cursed. “Christ, Tom, I didn"t realise it was so serious. From what you said, I thought you were just giving Anne time to cool off. You didn"t tell me she"d chucked you out! What the Hel
