“You called me actually, though I’m glad you did. How are you and Shell?”
Soom pointed the phonecam at their sleeping baby. “Can you see her? She’s fine… sleeping soundly, like I was… You say I phoned you? I must have rolled over onto my phone in my sleep… sorry for disturbing you, darling.” She noticed the condensation rings of two drinks… or it could have been one glass moved… if she wanted to be charitable, which she wasn’t sure about yet.
“Oh, you’re not disturbing me, I’m just sitting in the garden with my whisky like I said I probably would be. I was thinking of you and Shell, so it was nice to hear from you. You go back to sleep, darling, I’m just going to finish this bottle,” he pointed the camera at the three-quarters empty bottle and then I’ll be going to bed myself.”
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