Dreaming Out Loud
“Kay’s boyfriend is taking her and Shirley to some fashionable restaurant to celebrate Kay’s new part on the wireless. He invited me, but I told him I wanted an early night. And you needn’t keep asking if I’m alone when I phone you. There’s no need – I’m not stupid.’ ‘You should stick to the phone box.’ ‘I’ve told you, the house is empty. No one will know.’ Jane thought uneasily of the times she had almost been caught using the phone. When she had heard a key in the lock she had said goodbye, pu...t the receiver down and moved away quickly, trying to make it look as though she had just come downstairs. She hoped she had fooled them.
Maurice wasn’t convinced. ‘When the phone bill comes in they’ll see you’ve been making calls. They can trace them.’ ‘Why would they want to?’ ‘I mean the police could trace them.’ ‘Why on earth would they? As far as anyone is concerned I’m just a lodger in Kay Lockwood’s house.’ ‘So if Kay asks you who you’ve been phoning, what will you say?’ ‘She wouldn’t do that.MoreLess
Maurice wasn’t convinced. ‘When the phone bill comes in they’ll see you’ve been making calls. They can trace them.’ ‘Why would they want to?’ ‘I mean the police could trace them.’ ‘Why on earth would they? As far as anyone is concerned I’m just a lodger in Kay Lockwood’s house.’ ‘So if Kay asks you who you’ve been phoning, what will you say?’ ‘She wouldn’t do that.MoreLess
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