Chapter 74

Moments later Alfie slouched into the chair beside him, interrupting his reverie.

“Penny for them?” he said, taking a healthy swallow of his drink.

“Sod off,” Tristan said, without rancour, and Alfie laughed.

“Can you sit comfortably or would you like to perambulate?”

Tristan closed his eyes and willed the heat from his cheeks away. “Must you?”

“But you make it so easy, my dear,” Alfie said, raising his glass. “It truth, I am deeply envious of you.”