Fierce September
“His brown eyes shone more brightly than they had before we discovered the virus. He looked younger too.
‘How old are you?’ The words blurted from my mouth before I could stop them. I waved a hand at him. ‘Sorry! Ignore me.’ But he folded himself down onto the sofa. ‘Thirty-two going on a hundred and twelve.’ He shot a challenging sort of look in my direction. ‘Why?’ I grinned at him. ‘It’s just that you look younger every time you come in here. Probably best you don’t come too often unless you ...want to tuck up with Wilfred.’ He laughed. ‘I wish. So what do you want, young Juno? I’m betting you haven’t invited me for two meals in one day purely for the pleasure of my company?’ ‘That would be right,’ Vima said. ‘What are you and your stratum up to now?’ ‘Just me this time.’ I went to the stove and stirred things, wondering how much to tell James. ‘I’m thinking we need to know who would do something as wicked as letting loose a virus that would kill people.’ Grif’s face hovered in my mind.MoreLess
‘How old are you?’ The words blurted from my mouth before I could stop them. I waved a hand at him. ‘Sorry! Ignore me.’ But he folded himself down onto the sofa. ‘Thirty-two going on a hundred and twelve.’ He shot a challenging sort of look in my direction. ‘Why?’ I grinned at him. ‘It’s just that you look younger every time you come in here. Probably best you don’t come too often unless you ...want to tuck up with Wilfred.’ He laughed. ‘I wish. So what do you want, young Juno? I’m betting you haven’t invited me for two meals in one day purely for the pleasure of my company?’ ‘That would be right,’ Vima said. ‘What are you and your stratum up to now?’ ‘Just me this time.’ I went to the stove and stirred things, wondering how much to tell James. ‘I’m thinking we need to know who would do something as wicked as letting loose a virus that would kill people.’ Grif’s face hovered in my mind.MoreLess
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