As always Theo smiled when he saw Padma, and went over to kiss the top of her head before sitting down next to her.
'This,' he then said, gesturing with the paper, 'is work.' He shrugged. 'It is however work, I could use your help with,' he added.
Handing her the letter and the puzzle, he pulled her closer. 'Remember I mentioned getting a new contact?' he asked. 'Well Miss Dorny is that new contact, and as neither of us wants that to be known, I was hoping you'd have time to write a letter of my dictation so that anyone reading it would assume it's just two friends catching up.'