“Yeah,” Alicia nodded and cleared her throat. “Both Seamus and Susan nudged me about Dean’s birthday, and it would be nice to go. I mean, Dean’s a good bloke, it’s just… it’d be another evening with the nanny for Isla and Liam, you know?” She really wanted to go, but her children had been at her visiting Alicia’s grandmother with her parents since Monday and would be back on Sunday. Then again, chances were that they would be spending the night afterwards at Alicia’s parents in Bath, so… maybe.
“They’re ready and they’re wired, so unless you’re betting against them, you shouldn’t be too worried,” she teased with a grin.