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‘Hello darling!’

‘How was your day?’

‘Fine! How was yours?’

She smiled. ‘I’ve been quite busy actually.’

‘Oh? Do tell!’

‘Well - I’ve done some more unpacking and I’ve just met some of our new neighbours!’

‘Oh! What are they like?’

‘Well - there’s this one woman - very nice, seems very independent.’

‘That’s nice.’

‘Yes - she lives not far from us.’

‘Oh I see!’

‘Nice woman - I think we’ll be seeing a lot of her.’

‘What’s her name?’

‘Alison.’

He remained nonchalant. Of course it was! It had to be didn’t it?!