It was 2 in the morning when my phone rang, I was not in bed but was due to go any minute. Through the noise I made out a woman’s voice over the street noise around her. After two minutes I finally understood that it was Mary the mother of a friend of mine. I had dinner with her son recently and he had given her my number in case she needed help next time she was in my town.
She was now in town and was too drunk to drive so she was wondering if I