Chapter 34
“Uh, I don’t know. It
won’t be a permanent thing, will it? I couldn’t—”
“But you’ll do it?” The
look of hope on that face began to crumble away at Trevor’s
resolve.
“If it’s just a one off, I
might consider it.”
“I can’t lie. We might
need you until the end of the season. Jake’s broken his arm
and—”
Trevor tried to
back-peddle. “I don’t know. I have evensong every Sunday
and—”
Pete sighed. “Paul said
you wouldn’t do it. In fact, he wouldn’t even bother coming round
to ask. That’s why I’m here instead.”
“Oh.”
“You two fallen out?
Paul’s been a right misery guts this past month or so.”
“Oh, no, we’ve not fallen
out. He, uh, we were never really friends, so once he moved out we
sort of got on with our own lives again.”
“Oh, right. I’ve tried
asking him what’s the matter but he says it’s nothing. Wondered if
it was his break-up with Cindy.”
“Yeah, could be. Look,
maybe I can help out till the end of the season. There can’t be