“How was Graham’s relationship with his parents outside of that incident?” Nathan didn’t want to dismiss the incident as irrelevant just because it happened a year ago, but the fact that it was in the past made it less likely that it had any bearing on Graham Banks’ death.
Miles took a short while to answer that question. More because he needed the time to think how his friend would want him to answer it, than because he needed to consider what his friend’s relationship with his parents was like.
Finally, after deciding that his friend couldn’t be hurt by anything he said, he decided that the best thing he could do was tell the truth.
“He got on great with his mum,” he said. “She’s great, really great. Always proud of him, no matter what he does. Doesn’t care how messy he got going out
