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‘Who was he?’

  ‘Bugsy.’

  ‘That’s good, isn’t it?’

  ‘Yes.’

  ‘More,’ she demands hungrily.

  ‘Rugby team.’

  ‘Mmmmm.’

  ‘Captain of the rugby team.’

  ‘MMMMM.’

  ‘Sang that song at Celebration Evening with his band.’

  ‘What song?’

  ‘Do ya think I’m sexy?’ I sing under my breath.

  ‘Bean. Don’t.’

  ‘OK. Sorry.’

  ‘More?’

  I look back at The Hug. ‘He rolls his sleeves up, you know, all the time, and his arms are …’ I trail off. I refuse to use that word again.

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