There was a time (not too long ago) when the only boxes a family holiday needed to tick were: yes, it has a pool  and yes, it has Wi-Fi....

That line, a hook and a sinker. His words like a wrecking ball had come back at her like an old London Underground turnstile, smacked her...

Though not thunderous because you'd never label Joshua as a shouter or screamer, authoritative, yes, but never a shouter. Those words...