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SANDERSON (SANDY)
‘Where have you been?’ Detective Tomy asked her partner when he finally answered his phone. She’d been trying to reach him on and off all morning.
‘I had a dentist’s appointment. Didn’t I tell you?’
‘No, you didn’t. And you didn’t tell Sarge either. She’s not impressed.’
‘Weird. I thought I’d said something. Can you cover for me until I get in? I’ll be about 30 minutes.’
‘Hurry,’ Tomy growled before hanging up.
After Sandy had grovelled to the Sergeant he tried to do the same with Tomy. She brushed him aside and asked him what the dentist did.
‘Nothing today. I have to go back next week to have my teeth cleaned and a filling. No more jam on my toast.’ He grinned at Tomy, whose expression did not change.
‘So you would have had a thirty-minute appointment today.
