‘That will be Nancy, I told her yesterday I was chilling with you, but she’s still come over, the cheeky cow.’

‘Bring her in and don’t be tight. It’d be nice to meet her. Check you out with a bird and all that, go on, Son.’

Ged heard her knocking again and got up slowly to go and answer the door. As he walked into the hallway, he could see Nancy’s face squashed up against the glass trying to see inside. He yanked the front door open.

‘I thought I told you I was busy tonight. My dad’s here and I’m spending some time with him.’

‘Yeah I know, but I needed to speak to you. Can I come in or what? I don’t want to discuss it here. People might hear us.’

Ged had no other option. He closed the door behind her and followed her inside.

Kevin was all smiles as soon as he saw Nancy. ‘Oh, so you’re the girl in my boy’s life. Hiya, I’m Kevin, his dad.’

Nancy, as usual, was not shy in coming forward and went straight to where he was sat and flung her arms around him. Kevin was taken aback.

‘You’ve got a little beauty here, son. Lovely, aren’t you?’

Nancy grinned as she sat down. ‘I keep telling him I’m a keeper, but I don’t think he’s so sure, lets his mates dictate to him who he can see and who he can’t.’

Ged could have throttled her, was she right in the head telling his father their private business? He sat on the edge of the sofa, impatient to know what she had to say now she was here. ‘So, go on then, what do you know?’

Nancy was alarmed, did Ged not realise his dad was listening to them? She looked worried.

‘It’s alright, Nancy, my dad knows everything.’

‘Phew, I thought you’d lost the plot then.’

‘My lad has no secrets from me, love. You fight one of us, you fight us both.’

Nancy smiled, remembering she’d told Ged the same thing. ‘I went back up to Blackpool the other night—’

Before she could carry on, Ged interrupted. ‘What the fuck are you going back up there for? You could have got nicked.’

‘If you let me finish, I’ll tell you. Stop talking.’ Her eyes were dancing with excitement and she couldn’t keep still. ‘I’d had an argument with my mam and you know what I’m like; I just go on a mad one and go all over the show.’

Kevin was intrigued, there was more to this girl than met the eye.