‘Of all the f*****g stunts for Nadia to pull!’
Melissa tried to follow Jared on her screen as he jumped up, ripped off his shirt and flung it somewhere in his room. His movement was patchy as the reception couldn’t keep up with him.
‘f*****g b***h. How dare she just spring that on me? What did she expect me to do? Be all, ‘Hey Dad, great to meet you?’ I’ve got a dad and his name’s Paul, not that other loser. He’s just an arsehole who got my mum pregnant then left. You know, Melissa, I’d only just started my shift. Seven hours is a bloody long time to have to deal with something like that and still try and be professional. Why the hell didn’t you return any of my texts?’
Melissa wished she’d called him back. ‘I couldn’t.’
‘Where have you been?’ Jared demanded.
‘I know you’ve been texti
