Kim collected them the next morning, as promised, and helped Tilly get Johnny into the front passenger seat of the car.

"God, I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to this," Johnny said, as Tilly arranged his leg comfortably. "I was going stir crazy in there."

Kim looked worried. "Do you think you're going to be all right at the cottage?"

Johnny grinned. "That's different. I'll have things to do at the cottage." He looked back at Tilly, who was just ...