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Acts of hostility
‘It’s unfair, is what it is,’ Jason said, as Joan patted him on the arm. Nearby, the barbeque was cracking quietly, three burgers nicely browning.
‘It happens,’ Joan said. ‘Big fish, small pond and all that.’
‘It should be for locals only,’ Jason grumbled, shaking his head. ‘What’s he coming down here for?’
Grace listened with a mixture of emotions. Jason’s point of view was fair, but on the other hand, the Melrose Hill Bicycle Race was a public race and, since it was being televised, it was only right that it be open to anyone who wanted to enter. Who could tell a former pop-star they couldn’t join if they wanted to? After all, it was great publicity and would bring loads of extra tourists to the area for the weekend of the beach gala.
And that it just happened
