Dangerous Thoughts (2014)
“I have just said that I had no idea what to expect, but actually I must have had some idea, because I knew immediately that it wasn’t this.
It was after lunch when the call came. Well, I call it after lunch, but actually I hadn’t had any lunch, I just couldn’t have faced food. My nerves were too much on edge, and also this was going to be my last chance of not bothering about lunch for goodness knew how long, so it would be a shame not to make the most of it. Anyway, it was early afternoon ...when the call came, and at first I didn’t even realise it was him. There was a lot of background noise, you see, snatches of loud music … a strident yap of laughter … a high-pitched female voice protesting “But I never said he said so, I only said …” and then, cutting its way at last through this undergrowth of noise, came Edwin’s voice. As I say, for a few seconds I didn’t realise it. So excited did he sound, so lit-up with happiness.
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It was after lunch when the call came. Well, I call it after lunch, but actually I hadn’t had any lunch, I just couldn’t have faced food. My nerves were too much on edge, and also this was going to be my last chance of not bothering about lunch for goodness knew how long, so it would be a shame not to make the most of it. Anyway, it was early afternoon ...when the call came, and at first I didn’t even realise it was him. There was a lot of background noise, you see, snatches of loud music … a strident yap of laughter … a high-pitched female voice protesting “But I never said he said so, I only said …” and then, cutting its way at last through this undergrowth of noise, came Edwin’s voice. As I say, for a few seconds I didn’t realise it. So excited did he sound, so lit-up with happiness.
Happiness?MoreLess
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