He nodded. “Right. Liam. It turns out Liam is my brother. He was trying to draw me out and get me to notice him. He ultimately wanted to meet his father. He didn’t know our dad died years ago.”

She leaned closer to him and he could feel her body heat through his clothes.

“Liam is your brother?” she asked.

“My mum was pregnant with him when my father made her leave.” He took another deep breath. Saying all this out loud was hard. “Anyway,” he went on, ...