The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Banks Iain

Author:Banks, Iain [Banks, Iain]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2008-09-03T22:00:00+00:00

Back at the hotel, they have the lift to themselves. He leans against one mirrored wall, hands in trouser pockets, back slightly bent. She leans against the opposite wall of mirror, one leg up behind her, arms crossed. She’s smiling at him. He’s shaking his head at her.

It’s her floor first. There’s a delicate ching and the doors separate. She steps up to him, pecks him on the cheek, then swivels to the doors, looks back. ‘So, Mr McGill, coming?’

‘What?’ he says, leaning further forward. Thoroughly confused now.

The doors start to close but she blocks them with one sensibly shod foot and a straight-armed hand.

‘Well?’ she says, nodding her head to the side to indicate the corridor.

He pushes away from the mirrored wall. ‘Did I pass a test or something?’

She’s out the door, walking down the corridor, hips swinging. ‘No, just changed my mind.’

He has to jump out through the closing doors.

‘You don’t say.’

‘A girl can change her mind, can’t she?’

He doesn’t know what to say. He shakes his head and starts loosening his tie. She’s started whistling.

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