She cleared her throat before she spoke again. “So, what do you know about my boy?” I smiled before I answered. “Nothing very much,” I said. “Apart from that he’s a fantastic doctor and a big reader. Both of those things are brill.” I left the great in bed stuff unsaid, but she laughed and hinted at it for me. “Pretty damn good at other stuff too, I imagine. Or you’d have been off like a shot this morning.” I knew I was blushing beetroot, and she laughed at that as well.
