Chapter 14
Jonathon had spent Christmas in the Austrian Alps, and came back with a tan formed around ski goggles, his wrist in a brace, and a cheerful demeanour. He arrived later than he’d told Ella, only a couple of days before classes started, but unfortunately that meant that Ella knew Jayden had gotten all of his coursework out of the way, and therefore she knew he was free to come down to the college bar with her, and she appeared in his doorway on the Friday evening with all her hair down and a big smile.
“Jonathon’s here!” she said, clapping her hands. “And he’s got news and we have to go and talk to him, so come on.”
Jayden bit his lip, glancing at his laptop screen. He’d been talking to Darren on Skype for maybe an hour, the longest they’d managed before between studies and shi
