Chapter Three
The next day Laura got confirmation of her bonus and went into organised mode. Over the course of a week she booked flights and hotels, sorted out insurance, checked their passports, got the right currency and arranged a taxi. Between times she bought travel toiletries and sun cream, and started a ‘packing pile’ of things to take with them.
One evening Laura did not arrive home at her usual time so Ian started dinner. Or rather he adopted his standard ploy of switching on the oven and pretending to wait for it to reach the right temperature. Normally Laura would come in at some point and take over, not realising the oven had been ready for ages. This particular night he waited so long that a new tactic became feasible. He would say he hadn’t started cooking in case she was
