Page 88 of It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Mally:
Were you in Scarnbrook? I saw the flowers you left for Livvie andrecognised the string.
The amount of time the dots next to his name were wiggling about indicated he was either composing an essay, or kept writing and deleting various replies.
Josh:
Yes, I was.
Well, that was an anti-climax.
Mally:
When were you there?
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Josh:
A quick visit last week.
Mally:
Why????
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Oh, FFS. Enough of this cryptic shit.I pushed the ‘call’ button.
He rejected the call instantly.
Josh:
I’m with a client right now and can’t talk.
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Josh:
Saskia will be in touch.
Saskia?
Josh:
Sorry to hear about The Helix btw. Gotta go.
Saskia did indeed message me a few minutes later – I didn’t even have her number saved in my contacts.
Saskia:
Hey, Mally. Are you back from Scarnbrook yet? Josh and I wondered ifyou wanted to come over for a (long-overdue!) lunch soon. Ideally beforeChristmas if you could squeeze us in?! S x
What the hell was happening?
Mally:
Sure, when works for you guys?
