It didn’t take very long to get to the forest. Or rather with Liam with me it didn’t seem to take long.
“Is there anything special you want to do while we’re here?” I asked.
“Erm, could we go horse riding?”
“Horse riding? I haven’t been on a horse in twenty years,” I said.
His face fell. “Oh, okay then. I’d like to see the Elizabethan hunting lodge again.”
I changed course, and we soon pulled up outside some riding stables. A friend of a friend worked there, and I was fairly certain we’d be able to get a couple of horses for the morning.
“Oh, wow, I thought we were going to the lodge.” Liam’s child-like expression was so endearing, I knew I’d do anything to make him happy.
“Ah, well, Mr Policeman, Sir, the lodge doesn’t open till the afternoon, so we’ve got a morning free. And if I
