He was standing at his bedroom door, naked apart from the flesh-coloured thong. His frighteningly pale skin and freckles seemed almost Day-Glo under the kitchen light. He ran his hands through his fine strawberry-blond hair and left them on the side of his face in a dramatic, end-of-world fashion. ‘Was that who I think it was?’ he whispered. ‘Dressed as a poncy get?’
I nodded, and started crying.
Barry’s eyes widened. ‘Oh … my … God,’ he said, in awed tones. He looked at me and I looked back at him. Neither of us had the faintest idea what to do.
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ISBN: 978-0-14-196825-4