False Pretences (2009)
“‘What was that?’ Maggie came into the room. Her hair was rumpled; there was a red mark on one cheek where she had slept on a crease in her pillow. She was wearing a pink and red nightshirt, but she hadn’t bothered to put her bunny slippers on her feet before coming down to wake Bea. ‘I’m so afraid something awful has happened. He told me he wouldn’t be late last night because we’re so short-handed in the office, what with Miss Brook having the toothache and me being out all day yesterday and ag...ain today.’ Bea threw back the bedclothes and felt for her bedroom slippers. She didn’t feel happy about it, either, but . . . ‘He’s nearly nineteen. I’m told that teenagers often spend the night out.’ Maggie wrung her hands. ‘He told me he was seeing Zander. They’d got some ploy or other on together. He was all mysterious about it. They usually go to the health club, listen to music, or go to the pub for a drink or two, though neither of them drinks much. Oliver didn’t say anything about a party, and who goes to a party on a Tuesday night, anyway?MoreLess
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