May Contain Traces of Magic (2012)
May Contain Traces of Magic
“He was sitting in the driver’s seat of his car, and the policeman’s head was poking through the open window. He was in a lay-by, beside a dual carriageway— ‘What? Sorry, yes. Fine.’ ‘Only you appeared to have fallen asleep,’ the policeman went on, looking at him carefully. ‘You do realise it’s an offence to sleep in a lay-by, don’t you?’ ‘Is it?’ Like he cared. He wasn’t in Weymouth any more. ‘Sorry, I didn’t know that,’ he gabbled. ‘I was feeling a bit drowsy, and they say, don’t they, if you ...start to feel drowsy, pull over and rest, otherwise you could cause an accident. So—’ The policeman nodded slowly. ‘I shall have to ask you to take a breathalyser test. If you’d just step out of the vehicle.’ ‘Sure. Yes. No problem.’ It was all he could do not to grin like an idiot. Fortunately, the policeman didn’t seem to have noticed, and by the time he’d passed the test and been given his lecture and promised faithfully not to let it happen ever again, he’d managed to get himself under control.MoreLess
Read book May Contain Traces of Magic for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
10 / 10
User Reviews: