The MERCY DASH
Mum, can you get Dad, I need to talk to him?'
‘Dad has his own phone, love.’
‘But he never answers.’
This was true. Hazel looked over at her remote-control-wielding husband, who was furiously changing channels, eventually landing on wrestling rather than the crime drama she’d hoped for.
‘It’s Ali,’ Hazel said.
Simon looked as though he was going to whisper he was in the middle of something, but instead he muted the TV and took Hazel’s phone.
