Chapter Forty‘Where’s Jenna?’ Her car’s not on the drive. Her car is always on the drive.
‘Her and Kent have gone out.’ Mum flicks the kettle on. Damn it. I wanted to get her ideas for birthday presents for Daisy. She told me today her birthday’s only six weeks away now and I literally don’t have a clue what to get her. I lean against the kitchen counter and wonder whether to ask Mum instead.
‘Do you want tea?’
‘Sure.’ I watch her take three mugs from the cupboard. ‘Get up to much today?’
She shoots me a weird look. ‘Not much. Why?’
‘I dunno. Just making conversation.’ Nah, I won’t bother asking her advice then. She’s clearly not in the mood. I get it; I’m not dissing her. We all have days where we don’t wanna chat. I had one the other day. Someone in your family having cancer tends t
