‘Have you told them then?’

‘It’s only an idea Freddie’.

‘But I think it’s a good idea, Mum. A really good idea. And we need to help Dad’.

He’s really worried, but he’s trying not to show it. Classic Freddie. Always trying to be the grown up.

‘But you seemed so sure when you were talking with Dad and me the other night’.

Dad and me. That’s my Freddie. He would be grammatically correct. Not “Dad and I” like most kids.

‘They’re so busy, Fred. DS Trubshaw and DC Riggs and their people. They are doing everything that they can to make sure Dad – and that WPC – are safe. They don’t want me ringing them at this time of night with some cock-and-bul...

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