“What"s wrong Andy?” she asked after watching him pick at his meal of lamb chops, new potatoes and garden peas, one of his favourites. Now, one chop was left half-eaten and three potatoes stood in a damning trio at one side of his plate. Andy loved new potatoes and Maria had prepared them just as he liked them, boiled then tossed in butter and with mint sauce drizzled over them before serving.
“Wrong? Nothing"s wrong,” he replied.
“Yes, there is,” Maria insisted. “You"ve left nearly half your dinner, and when I asked you if we were still going to see Steve and Leanne on Saturday night, you said that of course we are. Andy, we are not going to Steve and Leanne"s this weekend. I said that just to see if you were taking notice. You weren"t were you? This case you"re working on has got you a
