A Patch of Fog Page #3

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You get home safe.

Nice to meet you, Sandy.

Thank you.

There you go, Maggie.

Din-dins.

There you go.

Yeah. That's it.

Bullshit!

- Sorry?

- Oh, sorry, Sarah. I was miles away.

- Sorry about that.

- Ok.

- Shall we continue?

- Mm-hmm.

What did you study

at university?

English literature

and creative writing.

Then along came fog.

It's hard to believe

you were only 25 at the time.

Where did the idea come from?

My family.

My father was agoraphobic.

One day there was

a terrible fog.

I went out into it.

I got lost in it.

I was six years old.

How come you never told me your

father suffered from agoraphobia?

I thought I did.

It's no big deal.

It is when you're young.

Did he live to see

your book published?

No.

Did you love him?

I'm sorry,

are we on or off the record now?

Why? Is it a difficult question?

He was a difficult man

to get to know.

Good evening, miss.

That's a lovely dress you have

on if you don't mind my saying.

What, this old thing?

You think?

Listen, there's

a new movie playing in town

and I was wondering if...

Now, does he really

wanna go and see a movie?

Subtext.

The actual meaning

hidden below the words.

So when will the show air?

It's a TV special, at the end

of the series, next month.

And will they come here to film?

You know, observe the creature

in his natural habitat?

Have you had a chance

to start my book yet?

Ah. Look, I was gonna start it

the other night but I got

trapped by this, well,

a fan I suppose you'd call him.

Sad little man. It was hours

before I could get away.

But I'll start tonight,

I promise.

Robert.

What are you doing here?

I got off early, so thought

I'd come and say hello.

Troy Griffin, Robert green.

- Hi.

- Hi. Nice to meet you, Troy.

- Are you a lecturer as well?

- Oh, I...

Doesn't look old enough,

does he?

That's the nicest thing

I've heard all week.

So are you in the

education game, Robert?

Security, Troy.

Business is booming.

Time of year.

Thieves everywhere.

So how do you two

know each other?

Oh, me and Robert go way back.

Yeah.

I gotta go.

It was nice meeting you, Robert.

- You too, Troy.

- All the best.

- See you again.

- Yeah. Great.

Take care.

Seems like a nice fella.

So, what are you

doing here, Robert?

Told ya.

I've come to see you.

You've seen my office, so,

thought I'd come and see yours.

Well, now you've seen it.

Let's go for a walk, huh?

Sandy, I couldn't help overhear

Troy talking about your TV special.

- Ah.

- When's that gonna be on?

Uh... wouldn't have a clue.

Why did you

only ever do one book?

Did you get the old

writer's block, did you?

No. I didn't get

the old writer's block.

- Any sign of my disc, Robert?

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