“SO MICK,” I ASKED, handing him a beer after I’d fetched myself a fresh one, “how’d you find us?”
He nodded towards the lone female in the room. Who, at that moment, had just turned her head to look at me.
“Did you have a bowl of stupid for breakfast this morning?” she asked.
The poor thing seemed to be lost in the middle of some other conversation, not involving me. She’d been through a lot, and her maternal condition was obviously affecting her mind. I chose to maintain my gentleman status and ignore her faux pas.
“Thanks for saving us, mate,” I carried on, slapping him on the arm. “Again.”
“Cheers, Hippie. Although, truth be told, I didn’t know you were going to be in my flat. Or here, really.”
I took a long drink.
“She just told me there was going to be aggro. Obviously, I wante
