He didn’t look too sad about it though, and his face grew a cheeky look. “Now I’ve got the whole Saturday afternoon free, I don’t know what to do with myself.”
Alex grinned at me and widened his huge hands expansively as if to demonstrate how open his schedule was. “I was thinking about wandering over to that new gardening centre, though - New Shoots - on the High Road. Have you seen it?” he added.
My eyes lit up at this surprise discovery. “You like to garden too? I’m obsessive about it! I went to the opening gala there. It was amazing; they lit the whole thing up like some green oasis fairy-land.”
I hoped I wasn’t wittering on, but I was so pleased that we’d found a new interest in common. “I’m on their mailing list,” I said. “They have great events scheduled all the time. In fact, I
