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From: Ed Minkley <edminkley@gmail.com>
Date: Monday, 6 April
To: Covington Green <greenworldcov@gmail.com>
Subject: Why not?
Cov,
Sorry I’ve been out of touch for a bit. Major newsflash here. Sam may finally be over Smooth Features. She caught him in bed with his ex-girlfriend – the leggy blonde that I’ve told you about before, I think. Yes, you read that right, his ex-girlfriend. He obviously has a thing for them. It’s never going to work for us but at least she’s not going to be chasing Charlie any more.
Oh, and more craziness – before any of the above happened, Luke and Rosie ran off and managed to get lost when Sam and I were looking after them. As you can imagine, it was terrifying. And Mara was furious about it all – so much so she kicked Sam out of the flat. She blamed her completely for it, which was completely unfair – although Mara’s been through so much lately, and Sam isn’t always the easiest of housemates, so in a way I could see why she overreacted. Anyway it meant Mara and I sat down and had a long chat about it all. She came back down off her high horse and admitted that perhaps I had something to do with losing the kids too. It’s going to take her some time before she forgives Sam but it was good to get her to see it wasn’t all her fault. We sat up late and talked about everything – I might have accidentally let slip about how much interest you’ve been taking in her . . . sorry, mate! But she was really chuffed actually, in a low-key Mara way. Maybe I’ve been wrong about her.
But all that drama aside, you must be looking forward to visiting home soon. What about a stopover in Old Blighty beforehand? It’s kind of on the way. Why not?
Ed