Chapter 5

“Am I late?” she asked breathlessly. “I wrote the address down wrong. I only just discovered that and I was way over on the other side of town. Oh, I’m Tiffany by the way,” she added, sticking out her hand to Freddy, who took it awkwardly.

“Hi, I’m Fred…ah…Les.”

“Not used to the new name Sid gave you yet?” Tiffany said with a warm smile. “I was lucky. Sid said my name didn’t have to be changed. He said Tiffany Goldwin would work just fine.”

She walked over to the couple sitting on the couch.

“Hi. I’m Tiffany,” she said, again offering her hand.

“We heard,” the woman said in a dismissive kind of way without looking up.

The guy, however, jumped to his feet and took Tiffany’s hand. “I’m Paul, Paul Rogers and this is Tina St. Cloud.”

“Sid’s idea or your parent’s?” Tiffany said to Tina with a warm smile.

Tina merely gave Tiffany a derisive look with a raised eyebrow.

The man who had been running lines at the wall turned and joined the group.