CHAPTER 35
I DIDN’T HEAR from Tia the following day. Or the next one. The day after that, a Monday, I got a text message from Arabella.
Arabella: Tia says thanks for her schoolwork. Luke’s confiscated her phone and her laptop and she’s not allowed to use the house phone. She’s waiting for him to calm down and then she’ll call you as soon as she can.
I fired off a quick reply.
Emmy: I understand—tell Tia to keep her chin up.
On Tuesday, I returned to the States. I had things to do there—some good, some not so good—and with no further news from Tia, there was nothing to keep me in England.
I couldn’t wait to see Stan and Lucy, and Carmen called to say she’d organised a teppanyaki night. One of my regular clients also sent through a couple of interesting projects, and they’d keep me and
