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being so nice about it. And for not telling David. Or, you know, calling the cops on me.’
    ‘Well, I wasn’t exactly fighting you off.’ She was grateful for the mask to hide her blushes, but it wasn’t fair to let him go on beating himself up about it when she had been a willing participant. Besides, he had put his fingers inside her. If he thought about it for a second, he’d realise how up for it she had been. ‘No harm done,’ she said brightly. Except for giving me a hell of an itch that you’re now not going to scratch.
    ‘It’s all David’s fault really for insisting on these stupid masks.’
    ‘Yeah,’ she said, laughing. ‘Let’s blame David. So, what made you think I was Katie?’
    ‘She told me she was going to be dressed as Little Red Riding Hood,’ he said. ‘Great costume, by the way.’
    ‘Thanks. I made it myself.’
    ‘You made it? Wow! Well, I saw you dressed like that, and you’re about the same height and build as Katie. Though her hair is a little shorter, I guess, now that I see you up close …’
    ‘And non-existent in places, obviously,’ Romy said. ‘But, of course, you couldn’t tell that from across the room and through my clothes.’
    ‘Oh, Jesus,’ he groaned, clutching his head in his hands. ‘I’m so sorry about that. And about commenting on … you know …’
    ‘That’s okay,’ she said, finding his discomfiture amusing. ‘At least you were complimentary about it.’
    ‘Yeah, phew! Becauseotherwise, you know, this could have been really embarrassing!’
    Romy laughed.
    ‘God, you must have thought I was a total weirdo – staring at you all night, and then dragging you up here and pawing you like that.’
    ‘How long have you two been …’
    ‘A couple of years, I suppose,’ he said, shrugging, ‘off and on. It’s just casual, nothing serious. I’m not here much, but whenever I’m in Dublin we … get together.’
    ‘Right.’
    ‘David’s a tosser, you know,’ he said defensively.
    ‘Yes,’ she nodded. ‘I do know.’
    ‘Anyway, it’s over now. They’re going to Canada soon.’
    ‘So tonight was to be your last hurrah?’
    ‘Yeah, something like that.’
    ‘Sorry I messed that up for you.’
    ‘That’s okay. I wasn’t going to come here tonight, to be honest. I didn’t really want to do it in their house, right under her husband’s nose. It seemed too … disrespectful.’
    ‘Unlike doing it behind his back?’
    He laughed. ‘Yeah, you got me.’
    ‘Sorry, I don’t mean to be judgemental.’
    ‘No, you’re right. Anyway, Katie got really upset when I said I wasn’t going to come, so at the last minute I decided, what the hell, I’d surprise her.’
    ‘Well, maybe you should go and find her now. It sounds like you had quite a treat planned.’
    ‘No, the moment has passed. I think I’ve had enough excitement for one night. Besides, what if I got it wrong again? My next victim might not be so understanding.’
    ‘Well,’ she said, getting up off the bed and smoothing down her skirt, ‘I suppose I should go.’
    ‘Yeah, youprobably want to get back to the party.’
    ‘Not really. I was leaving, actually, when you – when I bumped into you.’ She didn’t want to go back to the party, but she didn’t want to leave either and go home alone to her flat. She was quite happy here with this very tall, very dark stranger.
    ‘Why don’t you stay here and talk to me, then?’ he said.
    ‘I shouldn’t,’ she said automatically.
    ‘What’s the matter? Afraid I’ll eat you all up?’
    ‘Hey, I may be Red Riding Hood, but you’re no wolf.’
    ‘Maybe I am. How do you know what I am under this costume?’
    ‘A wolf in Darth Vader clothing? I don’t think so.’
    ‘Then stay,’ he said, taking her hand and pulling her back down on the bed beside him.
    ‘What could we talk about? You can’t say anything that would give me a clue about who you are.’
    ‘Right. So nothing about jobs – or where we live.’
    ‘Or