Page 92 of To Hell With It
What’s happened?
He has a fiancée.
I waited for Niall to saytold you so,but he didn’t.
Sorry, Pearl.
I’m an idiot for coming out here.
You’re not an idiot, Pearl.
I feel like one.
A bit extreme, maybe, but not an idiot.
You think I’m extreme?
You make people wash their hands a thousand times.
That’s called being considerate. Anyway, you’re obsessed with bugs.
He ignored me.
What are you going to do now then?
Come home, I guess.
Don’t you want to see other stuff before you do?
I was going to set myself some challenges, but I can’t be bothered now.
It was a white lie, but I’d never told Niall about Mairéad.
Pearl, are you OK?
I didn’t know how to answer that, so I didn’t.
Why don’t I set you some challenges, would that help? Is there anywhere you wanted to go?
I have no idea. The air stewardess mentioned Roy’s Peak but it’s in the South Island.
Would you be able to get yourself there?
It was like he already knew.
Of course I can
I lied, again.
So, if I give you two challenges, you’d do them?
Not two.
(For obvious reasons.)
Three then?
One.
