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A house on Cliff Road
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Sian was still reading everything she could find online about the pub and about her uncle, Bobby Q, and his band, when she was startled by the sound of the door behind her. She lost her grip on the phone and had to lunge to catch it, putting too much pressure on the bottom of her cast.
'Sorry to make you jump.' Les Parker was back in the room. ‘You’ve got a visitor.’
Behind Les, in the doorway, was her mother. Sian sat up straighter. ‘How did you get here?’ she said.
‘Trains, planes and automobiles. All the usual ways,’ her mum said.
‘I’ll leave you to it,’ Les said, looking from one to the other of them and seeming awkward. He retreated out of the door and closed it quietly behind him.
Ruth walked over to inspect Sian more closely. ‘Wha
