“You can get that if you need to,” the nurse said.

“It’s fine,” I said.

The buzzing stopped.

Ten seconds later it started up again.

I knew it was my parents.

They’d be sitting in the kitchen right now, wondering where I’d driven off to.

They’d be trying to work out what I knew and how much damage control they’d have to do.

I reached into my pocket and pressed the volume button on the side of the phone to silence it.