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Dylan Duffy is, I sur this weekend “How interesting”

“I’ lollywood secret But Fergus told me”

“It’s Hollywood,” Hugh interjects with another roll of his eyes

“You h The ht snap then you’ll end up looking at the inside of your head for the rest of your life That wouldn’t be very interesting, would it?”

“Ha, ha! That’s because you have an empty head,” Arch taunts

“How interesting,” the little shit intones “That’s exactly what you say, Uncle Sandy, when you don’t give a stuff”

“Have you been feeding these tto my sister

“No, I think the Dalforth genes have just kicked in”

I pull a face Isla and I argued at least four times a day until ere at least sixteen

“Only eight ive or take”

“Give,” I reply over the strains of you’rewith the classic comeback of you slancing fully their way “Definitely”

“That is enough,” Isla warns, hands on her hips I’m almost certain she , they do bring the noise level down a decibel or two

“How are our estee ahead to an evening of s a hole drilled in the head At least Van and Matteo are here It’s been a while since we spent a weekend together Unfortunately, Portia is also here She was a last-minute inclusion to the party after Isla said ere a feuest short

“Fine The director is very Hollywood, but his wife is pleasant enough The big htful His wife is a fellow Scot,” she adds reflectively, her gaze al inward “He seems to love her very much”

“Ain love with his wife? How novel” But she doesn’t answer “Isla?”

“And their boys are lovely,” she adds brightly, al herself

“Are you all right?”

In response, she sends a cautionary glance her children’s way

“Later, then”

“Much later Drinks are at half past seven,” she adds brightly “I’ll try not to be late, but I can’t make any promises I need to find a trowel to help ht”