‘This is only my third. Fourth, maybe. It’s quiz night.
You know I get nervous doing the compering. And it helps me be funny. And I was funny, don’t you reckon?’
‘Yes. Very funny. Total funniness.’ His face fell into a serious mode. ‘I saw you talking to Erin. What did she say?’
Nora wasn’t sure how best to answer this. ‘Oh, nothing much. The usual stuff. You know Erin.’
‘The usual stuff? I didn’t think you’d ever spoken to her before.’
‘I meant the usual stuff that people say. Not what Erin says. Usual people stuff...’
‘How’s Will doing?’ ‘Er, really well,’ Nora guessed. ‘He says hi.’
Dan’s eyes popped wide with surprise. ‘Really?’ Nora had no idea what to say.
Maybe Will was a baby. Maybe Will was in a coma. ‘Sorry, no, he didn’t say hi.
Sorry, I’m not thinking. Anyway, I’ll... go and get the board.’
She put the cat down on the floor and headed back out. This time she noticed something she had missed on entering.
A framed newspaper article from the Oxford Times with a picture of Nora and Dan standing outside the Three Horseshoes.
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