His nervous expression remained in place. “Liam,” I said slowly, “I simply need to purchase some sort of computer equipment
that I can use in the comfort of my own home in order to conduct some Internet-based research.
I may in time send electronic messages from it. That is all. Do you have something suitable in stock?”
The boy stared heavenward and thought deeply. “A laptop and mobile Internet access?” he said.
Why was he asking me, for goodness’ sake? I nodded and handed over my debit card.
When I got home, slightly giddy at how much money I’d spent, I realized that there was nothing to eat.
Friday was margherita pizza day, of course, but my routine was, for the first time ever, somewhat out of kilter.
I recalled that I had a flyer in the tea towel drawer, something that was put through my letter box a while ago.
I found it easily and smoothed it out. There were money-off coupons along the bottom, which had expired.
I guessed the prices would have gone up, but assumed that the phone number had stayed the same, and they presumably still sold pizzas.
Even these old prices were ridiculous, though, and I actually laughed out loud at them.
In Tesco Metro, the pizzas cost a quarter of that price. I decided that I’d go for it.
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