I'm not sure what Jack discussed with Grandpa, but when he came back, he had grandpa's permission to stay. Conversation over lunch wasn't too active that day. Billie went on rants about trains, I told him interesting stories about them, and grandpa and Jack didn't say much.
After we stood up, Jack offered me his hand, which I grabbed.
"Have you decided where you'd like to go?" I asked. It's not like Ashford had that many options, entertainment-wise.
"We could go shopping, before the shops close. Now that you have space, fill it."
I didn't have much money left after all the travel I'd been doing. Without a job, my finances were in quite a dire state. But that wasn't a conversation I wanted to have in front of grandpa, so I smiled and followed him outside, putting on my leather jacket an
