Author interviewing character. Terri and Briony.
I stepped onto the old oak floorboards of The Red Lion’s top bar and searched the pub for Briony. She’d asked me to meet her here because it’s not far from her flat and she said it’s where she comes with her friends. A small round woman with oddly rigid blonde hair called to me from the lower bar. “Hiya love, are you Terri? You’re looking for Briony, aren’t you? She’s down here. I’m Flo.” The welcome to the pub was so warm. As I got closer to Flo and took the steps down towards her, I assumed she must be the landlady to the pub as she was working on a weekly staff rota on the side of the bar. She pointed down the bar and to the right and that’s when I saw her. Briony was sat in a green leather booth with two large glasses of ros é on the table. Her blue eyes seemed to sparkle when she saw me and she pulled herself up and out of her seat, instantly laughing. “Oh gosh, sitting on that faux leather in a skirt wasn’t a great idea in this extraordinary May heat; it’s twenty-three degrees m
