Chapter Twenty-Two
Gloria got off the train and walked out of the station, her overnight bag in her hand. Not for the first time, she asked herself what the hell she was doing. What had she allowed Sindhu to talk her into? But she could pretend this was all Sindhu’s doing all she wanted. Deep down, she knew it wasn’t true. Gloria wanted to be here more than anything.
She glanced at the throng of people as they made their way, snake-like, to the tube entrance. Briefly, she considered taking a cab to Ash’s place, but she’d made the mistake of getting into a London taxi on a Friday night before—and had missed the first half hour of Mamma Mia because of it. Gloria followed the crowd and it felt like she was swallowed up and lifted to the tube platform, onto the train, and spat out at her sto
