43
‘Sorry, am I missing something here?’ Jack said, detecting a definite shift in the atmosphere.
‘What’s she doing here?’ Emily asked.
‘Uh, you invited her,’ Jack said.
Chrissie looked at him. ‘She invited me?’
‘It’s a long story. Look, is one of you going to tell me what’s going on here?’
Emily was standing in the doorway with her arms crossed. Chrissie decided to put Jack out of his misery.
‘I’m Emily’s headteacher. I’m sorry, Jack. I didn’t know any of that until she walked in just now. If I’d known, well…’
‘Well what? You wouldn’t have come over tonight? You wouldn’t have started speaking to me in the first place?’
‘No, don’t be silly. That’s not what I mean. It’s just… It changes things, doesn’t it? There’s got to be a rule against it somewhere.’
‘Didn’t stop Miss Thompson
