Marcia’s call to Paolo was a little more intimate.
“Paolo dear,” she started, “you left so quickly this morning... I didn’t have time to explain.”
Paolo was surprised at the call, but he’d already had a couple of surprises today, both of them very pleasant. This surprise call though was a bit disconcerting. Marcia helping herself to sex with him earlier was one thing, but her cool matter-of-factness afterwards had confused him.
“Tony is off to see the police for 12.00, and I have a childminder and plan to come up to London. Can I buy you lunch?”