And the Underwood and Flinch, and Pinch, a novel written and performed for podcast by Mike Bennett.

Episode 18.

This podcast is intended for an adult audience.

Hello listeners and welcome back to Underwood and Flinch.

No recap is really necessary this time as we joined the action just a short while after we last left it.

All that's really changed in fact is the level of whiskey in David's glass which has risen after a much needed top-up.

While Lydia was showing Underwood around upstairs and Miguel was tidying up the kitchen,

David took his drink and sauntered off to the lounge. The TV in the corner was on with the sound turned down. On screen, a naked couple were entangled in a sweaty, gyrating knot. David raised his eyebrows.

Evidently one or two of the party guests had been in here seeking amusement

prior to the ceremony. He sat down on the sofa and took a sip from his drink.

As he watched the buttocks rise and fall on the screen,

he wondered how he was going to get Gavin, their sacrificial guest, back to Malaga.

He looked at the glass he held loosely between finger and thumb, listening to the ice clink as he swirled it slowly around.

I should call Steve, he said.

Tell him I've fallen off the wagon and ask his advice.

Then he sniggered as the absurdity of the scenario played out in his mind.

Hello Steve, is Dave. Listen, it's Dave.

Listen, I'm pissed, but I've got a really good excuse.

Who are you talking to?

Asked Lydia, she stood in the doorway with Miguel behind her.

That ass, said David, pointing at the screen.

It's a good listener, but it's not so hot on advice.

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