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Yeah, very bloody funny, you.’ Rosie couldn’t help but smile. She was glad Matt hadn’t given her a sympathetic look or she might have completely lost it. ‘I was bloody terrified.’ ‘Where were you?’ ‘Where was I? Christ! I stumbled into some men’s afternoon domino session and got banjaxed by the Taliban.’ Rosie shook her head and rolled down the window. ‘Honestly, Matt, I thought I was a goner.’ He turned close to her, and peered at her face. ‘You’ve got dirt all over your face.’ He rubbed it with his thumb. ‘I fell, or rather I was thrown, into someone’s house. I’ll tell you about it later.
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