“Still doing some music on the side. Not rock stuff. DJ-ing apparently. Remember that band me and him had, years ago. The Labyrinths?”
It was becoming easier to fake vagueness. “Oh yeah. The Labyrinths. Course. That’s a blast from the past.”
“Yeah. Got the sense he pines for those days. Even though we were crap and I couldn’t sing.”
“What about you? Do you ever think about what could have been if The Labyrinths had made it big?”
He laughed, a little sadly. “I don’t know if anything could have been.”
“Maybe you needed an extra person. I used to play those keyboards Mum and Dad got you.”
“Did you? When did you have time for that?” A life without music.
A life without reading the books she had loved. But also: a life where she got on with her brother.
A life where she hadn’t had to let him down. “Anyway, Ravi wanted to say hi. And wanted a catch-up.”
“He only works one tube stop away. So he’s going to try and come to the talk.”
“What? Oh. That’s... I wish he wouldn’t.” “Why?” “I just never really liked him.”
Joe frowned. “Really? I can’t remember you saying that... He’s okay. A good guy.
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