‘Strains’

“A little secret! A bloody big secret!” I simply couldn’t stop myself interrupting. Little secret... who was he kidding?

”Have it your way, pillock, a secret beyond the secret! And if you zip your mouth for a moment I will tell you! You say you knew that Jenny and I were having some marriage... ‘strains’... let’s call them.”

I nodded... goodness’s knows why because he couldn’t see me, which gave me another idea, but I didn’t want to break his flow right then. So maybe I’d leave that for later.

”Well... whilst ashamed to admit it, I’d met someone else.”