Victoria took this in with a silent nod of the head.
“’E wen’ to prison,” Madison added, and she saw a hint of surprise on Victoria’s face. “Her dad, I mean. ‘E were working for a building firm, but ‘e robbed the stock room when the uvvers were on a job. Tried sellin’ the stuff. Needed the extra cash, see? He got eighteen months. Fink she goes visitin’ him sometimes.”
Madison pointed to the blonde-haired boy on the spring rider. “That’s Nathy, her little boy. She’s a single mum. Nathy’s dad – well, he didn’t want nuffin’ to do with him. Don’t think ‘e’s ever met him.”
Her voice waivered a little at the cruelty – the unfairness – of it all.
unfairness“Kayleigh, she works in town. Does shifts in that new place that sells e-cigs. She’s got a little bruvver, too – Jay. ‘E must be about eig
