Rainbow snippet – Lessons in Loving thy Murderous Neighbour

Here’s a little bit from the latest adventure for the Cambridge Fellows, Lessons in Loving thy Murderous Neighbour.

Orlando was quiet as they strode along the Madingley Road, brain clearly whirring under salt and pepper curls all the way back to their shared home, Forsythia Cottage.

“Lovely night for looking at the stars,” Jonty had ventured at one point, before giving up trying to produce a response. He could wait until they crossed their own threshold.

Once they were ensconced with steaming cups of cocoa, from a thermos their housekeeper had left them, and in front of a banked down fire suitable to the slight chill in the air, Orlando seemed ready to have a question or two posed.

“Interesting conundrum, eh?”

“It would be,” Orlando agreed, “were it anyone else but him involved.”

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