Chapter 22
Two years ago, Ithaca
There were dishes stacked on both sides of the bench, glasses filled the sink and the bin was overflowing with rubbish, some of which was actually growing mould!
Emilia gazed around her in dismay. ‘What happened here?’
‘I don’t remem… no wait, Mum was pulling double shifts at the hospital because there was some kind of nasty flu going through all the nursing staff. She was hardly home for about a week and Dad’s always worked long hours.’ She turned in a slow circle. ‘I would have been not quite seventeen then and clearly going through an unhelpful stage, so I guess things just got out of hand with Mum not being here.’
‘That explains why Dex suddenly decided he needed to deal with the kitchen. It’s pretty disgusting!’ Emilia pulled up the sleeves
