Thirty One

Simon?
‘No! Stop it right there. Don’t you dare!’
Do you think it would be possible to set up a television in the office/
‘Philippa!’
so that I can watch the lads in their World Cup bid?
‘Your dog is in my office again’.
Because Pips says she is already bloody sick of the whole thing and it hasn’t even started yet so I can see that I am not going to be allowed to watch it at home.
‘George come out. Leave Simon alone’.
‘You know that’s it. I’m going to take the little sickbag to see Victoria Stilwell’.
I’m not scared of Vicky.
‘He doesn’t need to see her’.
‘Philippa, he doesn’t even understand the basics. Like ‘no’ for instance’.
I do understand ‘no’ Simon. I understand ‘no’ perfectly well but I choose to ignore it, especially when it comes from you.
‘He just likes coming in to see you that’s all. You should be flattered. He obviously likes you’.
No I don’t really Pips, but he might let me watch the World Cup/
‘If he’s not with you he’s chatting up the receptionist’.
and I would very much like to support our boys.
‘In fact I’m beginning to think he prefers to be with everyone but me’.
That’s not true Pips but you’re always on the phone.
‘That’s because you’re horrible to him’.
‘No I’m not’.
‘That’s not what I’ve heard’.
‘What do you mean?’
‘John Palmer called me earlier’.
‘Who?’
‘The old client of ours who popped in to see me a couple of weeks ago?
He was quite taken with you. Thinks you’re eccentric’.
‘Right….’.
‘I said ‘that’s nothing. Have you seen the dog?’ He said ‘not at first because it had been shut in the filing cabinet’.
‘Oh that was just a little game we were playing wasn’t it George?’
‘I see. So you play games when I’m out of the office do you?’
‘Well no, I mean…’
‘No, it’s OK Philippa. The sickbag had been naughty so you shut him in the drawer to teach him a lesson. Fair enough. Hey, you don’t need to justify your actions to me. Damn good place for him’.