REJECTED MATE
My gaze dropped to the screen of Griff’s phone, where our electronic ticket indicated that the Phileas Express was running five minutes later.
An announcement over the loudspeaker confirmed that this was our ride back to London, and I gave Griff a nudge, indicating for him to hurry.
The train doors opened, letting out a slew of passengers, each wheeling or carrying luggage. We jogged past a row of vendors selling snacks, coffee, and souvenirs from stalls shaped like telephone boxes and waited for them to disembark.
“Which carriage?” asked Griff.
I glanced down at the ticket. “Forty-three.”
He gestured further down the platform. “The middle.”
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