30Minutes later Vince was knocking on the door of Elena’s modern North-Warrnambool townhouse. She appeared at the door, her smart sequinned red top and tailored black shorts partly concealed by an apron. She certainly has got lovely legs, Vince observed, following her in—he’d never really noticed before. He put the drinks on the kitchen bench, parked the laptop on the coffee table and sat back on one of the soft couches with relief.
Courtney Barnett was singing away in the background and the ambience was comfortable and relaxing. Elena’s house had an open-plan living area with the kitchen flowing onto a dining space, then a sunken lounge with two leather couches and a TV. The walls were full of family photographs, and it was very neat and very Elena; homely in a way the Snapper cottage wo
