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‘Why don’t I go for you?’ he suggested but she was already shaking her head

‘Thank you but I really need to do this by myself’

‘Are you sure you have enough?’

Polly bit her lip Maybe two each of five different brands was slightly excessive but she had toan alien life form inside him he would want to know one hundred per cent too

‘No’ She twisted the bag nervously ‘Do you think I should have got three of each?’

‘I think you should leave at least one test on the shelves, just in case soht in need of answers’

‘Let’s just get ho at Gabe as he made no move to unlock it

‘Are you sure?’

She stared at hio for a ht stroll? Of course I’m sure’

He didn’t react ‘I meant maybe you wanted to take the test now Find out one way or another’

‘Oh’ How had he guessed?

Polly looked around the car park There were several chain restaurants but they were all showing signs of closing for the night Or the supermarket toilets; they would still be open

She bit back a hysterical giggle She had never actually i it in the strip-lit anonymity of a supermarket loo It wasn’t the cosy scene depicted in the adverts

But then she wasn’t the hopeful woman on the advert either

‘There’s nowhere here’

‘Not here exactly’ Finally he clicked the button and the doors unlocked ‘We can find somewhere a little more salubrious than this’

It took him less than fiveroad, retracing their earlier route