I answer, tell him I’m half asleep and will call him later. When I call at nine thirty he asks if we can meet. ‘What happened to you last night? ‘Babes, I fell asleep on the settee. I was so tired.’ ‘So tired you didn’t hear your phone ring?’ ‘I put it on silent cause I just want to sleep for a couple hours, then just carry on sleeping. Anyway, you said you would phone.’ ‘I did phone. I left you a message.’ ‘Babes, I didn’t see any missed call from you. I figured you changed your mind and decided to go out with your friends. What time you called?’ ‘About ten thirty.’ ‘The only missed call I have at that time was from a unknown number.’ Then I remember. I’d called from Celia’s phone as mine wasn’t working. ‘Yeah, I was calling from my friend’s phone, but I left you a message.’ ‘I don’t always pick up messages from unknown numbers at that time of night. Listen babes, can we meet? What you got plan for today?’ ‘It’s my last day so I’m going to spend it on the beach, might be the last time I see it for a while.’ ‘My friend want me to come and play snooker with him at the airport.
