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Glenlivet time. Tom poured himself a shot of whisky, as he did every evening shortly before 10pm, and sipped it slowly to the strains of Satie’s Gymnopédie No.1. His wife waited until the squat little glass was empty and enough time had passed for the drink’s amber magic to mellow his mood. Then she broached the tricky subject: a change to their traditional Christmas routine. “Goose rather than turkey?” Tom frowned. “They’re very fatty, you know. Oily, even.” “Well he’s said he’s bringing one,” said Louise. “Said the new girlfriend’s g...
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