just before lunch. father phoned. My mother was busy in the kitchen so I answered the phone. My father told me that they were already in Dubai. Ile said that he didn't have much to do there. He would be home between nine and ten o'clock that evening.
Ten o'clock came and went. At first we weren't worried. Perhaps there was u lot or traffic on the roads. At eleven o'clock my mother said to us. 'Your father's very late. I'm surprised he hasn't called. I think I'll phone him and find out wh at 1 he problem is.'
Five minutes later he came back into the room, looking worried.