Chapter 17: SexThe fish and chips were excellent. They ate them in the car in a layby on the hills on the way home. The evening dusk was deepening toward full dark by the time they pulled into the yard. “Come in for a nightcap?” Laurie asked, with studied casualness as he got out of the car. Phil looked at him across the roof, leaning both arms on it. “Are you sure?” he said. They both knew what he was asking. “Come and have a snifter and we’ll see.” Laurie grinned at him. They didn’t make it as far as the brandy in the sitting room. Phil had barely got the door shut behind him before Laurie had him pinned against the sink, kissing him like he’d been imagining doing all day. At first he’d thought that the invitation to go to London with him was an excuse for a shag. But it had become