CHAPTER 36
CONNOR LOOKED ACROSS at me, eyes wide. “America? Do you mean it?”
I bit my lip and nodded. The thought was terrifying, but Connor’s star was on the rise, and it wouldn’t get very high if it was tethered to Reading. “As long as I can still come back to visit my friends.”
“Any time you like, babe. It’s only a plane ride away.”
Two months before the lease on the country house ended, we made our first trip overseas. That achieved two important things—it knocked another challenge off my list with six weeks to spare, and it meant I got to meet Connor’s family.
On the flight over, I must have looked a bit nervous because the air hostess crouched next to me with a friendly smile. “First time on a plane?”
I nodded, reluctant to unwrap my fingers from Connor’s arm.
“There’s nothing
